Roots [DVD]
2017
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Four-part US drama miniseries that charts the life of Kunta Kinte (Malachi Kirby), a Mandinka warrior from The Gambia who is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Taken from his West African home in the 1770s, Kunta is purchased by John Waller (James Purefoy) and sent to the United States where he is put to work on a Virginian tobacco plantation. Despite befriending fellow slave Fiddler (Forest Whitaker), Kunta struggles to come to terms with being a slave and dreams of escaping. However, after an attempted escape goes wrong, Kunta is finally forced to accept that he won't be able to return home to Africa. Years later, after fighting in the American Revolutionary War, Kunta marries Belle (Emayatzy Corinealdi) and the pair have a daughter named Kizzy (Saniyya Sidney/Emyri Crutchfield). Despite growing up to be a strongminded young woman, Kizzy is soon forced to face a number of hardships as she is sold on to cruel slaveholder Tom Lea (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) in North Carolina.
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Author:
Cavalier., Herbert, actorRhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977-, actorKirby, Malachi, actorHaley, Alex, book author
Imprint:
Lionsgate UK, 2017.
Collation:
3 DVDs (388 min.) : col.
Notes:
Region 2, 3 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English).Made in 2017.DVDN.Based on the novel by Alex Haley/The 1977 miniseries.Credits: executive producer, William Packer; executive producer, Marc Toberoff; executive producer, Mark M. Wolper.Region 2, 3 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Subtitles (Spanish), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English), Other documentaries ('Roots: A History Revealed').
Performers:
Cast: Herbert Cavalier Jr., Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Babs Olusanmokun, Kerry Sims, Matthew Goode, RegeĢ-Jean Page, Emayatzy Corinealdi, James Purefoy, Saniyya Sidney, Emyri Crutchfield.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.457
Local class:
DVD TVFT
Language:
English
BRN:
1974754
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