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Roots – Miniseries, Episode 1

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Kunta Kinte, born in Gambia, West Africa, is kidnapped by invading foreigners while on the way back from his ritual manhood training and transferred to a ship bound for America.
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LeVar Burton

Kunta Kinte

Ed Asner

Capt. Thomas Davies

Georg Stanford Brown

Tom Harvey

Maya Angelou

Nyo Boto

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Kintango

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Synopsis Kunta Kinte, born in Gambia, West Africa, is kidnapped by invading foreigners while on the way back from his ritual manhood training and transferred to a ship bound for America.
Director
Gilbert Moses, John Erman, Marvin J. Chomsky, David Greene
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
History, Drama, War
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jan 23, 1977