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Roots (TV Miniseries)

Roots

2016

Bruce Beresford, Thomas Carter ...

Malachi Kirby, Laurence Fishburne, Forest Whitaker, Emayatzy Corinealdi ...

7.1

959

TV Series. Drama TV Miniseries (2016). 4 Episodes. An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave sold to America and his descendants.

	Author	Review
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"The miniseries may veer into obvious melodrama from time to time (...) but the fact that it never loses credibility owes to the care with which the moral bases of the characters are created (...) The performances are staggering throughout the entire miniseries."	POS
United States	Joanne Ostrow Denver Post	"The story is as relevant as ever, cinematically more stunning and historically more accurate than the original. The casting is again superlative."	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"'Roots' works the tricky balance between misery and uplift. Even if it can't tap into the sui generis newness of the original, the miniseries is often brutal and harrowing."	POS
United States	Maureen Ryan Variety	"The lessons the new 'Roots' teaches over the course of its eight hours (...) are worth revisiting, and a number of outstanding performances enliven this retelling of the story of Kunta Kinte and his descendants."	POS
United States	Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe	"It’s a technically updated and marvelously acted work (...) a solid dramatic reminder of the complexity and depth of racism in America."	POS

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