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Roots Reviews and After Show - AfterBuzz TVAuthor: AfterBuzz TV
The Roots After Show recaps, reviews and discusses episodes of History's Roots. Show Summary: The classic story of "Roots" is retold in this miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel. The show paints a portrait of American slavery through the journey of a family that has a will to survive through many hardships. Malachi Kirby stars as Kunta Kinte, a proud and educated young man who uses those traits to empower himself when he is captured and sold into slavery. While he is enslaved, he challenges his fellow slaves to fight for their freedom as he continues working toward achieving his dream of escaping and returning to his homeland of The Gambia. The miniseries also stars Emmy winner Laurence Fishburne as Haley; Grammy nominee Anika Noni Rose as Kunta's daughter, Kizzy, who is bought by Tom Lea (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who rapes and impregnates her; and Oscar winner Forest Whitaker as slave musician Fiddler, who mentors Kunta. Language: en-us Genres: After Shows, TV & Film Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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Roots S:1 | Part 3; Part 4 E:3 & E:4 | AfterBuzz TV AfterShow
Wednesday, 1 June, 2016
AFTERBUZZ TV -- Roots edition is a weekly "after show" for fans of History's Roots. In this episode, hosts Shaka Smith, McCall Hall, and Erica Green discuss episodes 3 & 4. ABOUT ROOTS: The History channel has commissioned a remake of the miniseries after acquiring rights from David L. Wolper's son, Mark Wolper, and Alex Haley's estate. The planned new eight-hour miniseries, with Mark Wolper as executive producer, will draw on Haley's novel and the original miniseries albeit from a contemporary perspective. In April 2015, it was announced that along with The History Channel, Lifetime and A&E would also broadcast the remake of the Roots miniseries. Will Packer, Marc Toberoff and Mark Wolper will executive produce it alongside Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. LeVar Burton, star of the original series, and Korin Huggins will co-executive produce it. On February 11, 2016, a trailer for the remake of Roots was released and Paul Buccieri, president of Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
