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An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave sold to America and his descendants.

Roots: Night 4  Season 1, Episode 4

Part 4. After more than 20 years in England, Chicken George is given his freedom and returns to the Lea farm. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jun 3, 2016 at 3:18 PM - 3 comments

Roots: Night 3  Season 1, Episode 3

Part 3. As George grows to manhood, he exhibits traits of both parents. Like Tom Lea, he loves cockfighting and carousing; an accomplished trainer of gamecocks, he earns the nickname "Chicken George." [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jun 2, 2016 at 3:48 PM - 7 comments

Roots: Night 2  Season 1, Episode 2

Part 2. In 1775, Kunta is working on the Waller farm when he meets English Redcoats encouraging slaves to run away and join the English army. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Jun 1, 2016 at 1:42 PM - 4 comments

Roots: Night 1  Season 1, Episode 1

In 1750 in the river region of The Gambia in West Africa, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, have their first child, a son named Kunta. (Part 1 of a 4 part series) [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on May 30, 2016 at 6:25 PM - 12 comments