Roots
“Your name is your shield.”
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
Cast
Malachi Kirby
Kunta Kinte
4 episodes
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Tom Lea
4 episodes
Forest Whitaker
Fiddler
4 episodes
Laurence Fishburne
Alex Haley
4 episodes
Babs Olusanmokun
Omoro Kinte
4 episodes
Matthew Goode
William Waller
2 episodes
James Purefoy
John Waller
2 episodes
Emayatzy Corinealdi
Belle
2 episodes
Anika Noni Rose
Kizzy
2 episodes
Roman L. Armstrong
Kunta Kinte
2 episodes
Derek Luke
Silla Ba Dibba
2 episodes
Chris Obi
Kintango
2 episodes
Tony Curran
Connelly
2 episodes
Katie McGuinness
Elizabeth Waller
2 episodes
Shannon Lucio
Patricia Lea
2 episodes
Erica Tazel
Matilda
2 episodes
David Shiflett
Chicken Fight Gambler
2 episodes
Regé-Jean Page
Chicken George
2 episodes
Kelvin Harrison Jr.
Winslow
1 episode
Emyri Crutchfield
Teen Miss Kizzy
1 episode
Brett Lapeyrouse
White Man #3
1 episode
Renell Gibbs
Black Soldier
1 episode
Simona Brown
Jinna
1 episode
LeVar Burton
Ephraim
1 episode
Crew
- Executive Producers
- Mark Wolper, Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner, Will Packer, Barry Jossen
- Music
- Alex Heffes, Philip Miller
Seasons
Season 1
2016 · 4 eps
