Roots (1977)
dir: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses
A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation. (imdb.com)
Cast:
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Olivia Cole
Mathilda
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LeVar Burton
Kunta Kinte / ...
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Ben Vereen
'Chicken' George Moore
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Louis Gossett Jr.
Fiddler
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Vic Morrow
Ames
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Ji-Tu Cumbuka
Wrestler
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Edward Asner
Capt. Thomas Davies
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Ralph Waite
Slater
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Robert Reed
Dr. William Reynolds
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Lynda Day George
Mrs. Reynolds
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John Amos
Toby
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Madge Sinclair
Bell Reynolds
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Leslie Uggams
Kizzy Reynolds
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Carolyn Jones
Mrs. Moore
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Lloyd Bridges
Evan Brent
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Georg Stanford Brown
Tom Harvey
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Brad Davis
Ol' George Johnson
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Hilly Hicks
Lewis
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Lynne Moody
Irene Harvey
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Lane Binkley
Martha Johnson
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Austin Stoker
Virgil
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Sandy Duncan
Missy Anne Reynolds
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Chuck Connors
Tom Moore
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Tracey Gold
Young missy reynolds
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Moses Gunn
Kintango
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Thalmus Rasulala
Omoro
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Hari Rhodes
Brima Cesay
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William Watson
Gardner
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Ren Woods
Fanta
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Lorne Greene
John Reynolds
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Thayer David
Harlan
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Scatman Crothers
Mingo
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George Hamilton
Stephen Bennett
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Lillian Randolph
Sister Sara
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Richard Roundtree
Sam Bennett
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Davis Roberts
Leonard
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Richard McKenzie
Sam Harvey
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John Quade
Sheriff Biggs
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Cicely Tyson
Binta
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Tina Andrews
Aurelia
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Henry Butts
Sitafa
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Joe Dorsey
Calvert
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Kermit Echols
Vilars
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Richard Farnsworth
Slave catcher
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Ronnie Leggett
Kalila
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Rachel Longaker
Caroline
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Ernest Thomas
Kailuba