Roots(2016)
Overview
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
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Kunta Kinte
Dr. William Waller
John Waller
Fiddler
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Alex Haley
Nancy Holt
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