Roots

TV Show · Drama, Action & Adventure · 2016

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.

Starring Malachi Kirby, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Forest Whitaker

Episodes — Season 1

Episode 1

Part 1

In the river region of The Gambia in 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, give birth to a son, Kunta. Kunta...

Episode 2

Part 2

Redcoats attempt to persuade slaves to run away and join the English army. Kunta escapes but slave catchers ap...

Episode 3

Part 3

George becomes an accomplished trainer of gamecocks and earns the nickname of Chicken George. George marries M...

Episode 4

Part 4

Chicken George returns to the Lea farm after 20 years. George's son, Tom, nurses a grudge against his father....