Roots
TV Show • 1977 • Drama
ReportThe epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.
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LOTS of vomit in the first movie
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One of the white men brings the captain an African girl that he can rape, but he does not go through with it because he doesn't believe it is right.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there domestic violence?
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One of the captives on the slave ship willing jumps overboard.
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Half of Kunta’s foot is cut off, but it’s not actually shown onscreen.
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There are scenes of women with no shirts on, it's not sexual, though.
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Is there cannibalism?
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No but a slave ship navigator states that African people eat their own kind (this is obviously done to show how ignorant and racist he is)
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Lots of use of the N word by men who are enslaving the Africas
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Does a non-human character die?
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A sheep is attacked by a leopard in the first episode but it’s not shown in graphic detail.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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First movie, first scene, a woman gives birth, its not very graphic but there are scenes of the woman's face and grunting and screaming, but there is no nudity.
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While a couple of people jump off or are thrown overboard the slave ship into the water, they are not actually seen drowning.
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Kizzy visits Kunta’s grave in the fifth episode.
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The slaves are tied with ropes around their necks
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The captain drinks lots of alcohol to cope with his decisions
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Kunta and Kizzy are both introduced as infants.
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Is religion discussed?
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Lots of people praying to Allah and lots of Islamic culture, the white men also pray to Jesus.
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Kunta screams and has a breakdown in the chamber after someone next to him dies
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Kunta and other African people are kidnapped by other Africans and white people and are enslaved
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Kunta is kidnapped and doesn't get to say goodbye to his family
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Africans are chained in a slave ship and put in large cages.
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In an infamous scene, Kunta is whipped until he accepts his new name.
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