Roots (2016 miniseries)

Roots
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Genre	Historical drama
Based on	Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley
Written by	Lawrence Konner Mark Rosenthal Alison McDonald Charles Murray
Directed by	Bruce Beresford Thomas Carter Phillip Noyce Mario Van Peebles
Starring	Malachi Kirby Forest Whitaker Anna Paquin Laurence Fishburne Jonathan Rhys Meyers Anika Noni Rose T.I. Chad L. Coleman Emayatzy Corinealdi Matthew Goode Derek Luke Mekhi Phifer James Purefoy Erica Tazel Regé-Jean Page Lane Garrison
Narrated by	Ike Amadi
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of episodes	4
Production
Executive producers	Will Packer Marc Toberoff Mark Wolper LeVar Burton Korin Huggins Dirk Hoogstra Michael Stiller
Producers	Ann Kindberg George Parra Alissa M. Kantrow
Cinematography	Peter Menzies, Jr. Sharone Meir
Editor	James Wilcox
Running time	95 minutes
Production companies	The Wolper Organization Will Packer Productions Marctoberoff Productions A+E Studios
Original release
Network	History Channel
Release	May 30 (2016-05-30) – June 2, 2016 (2016-06-02)
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Roots is a 2016 American miniseries and a remake of the 1977 miniseries with the same name, based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which follows an African man who is shipped to North America as a slave and his descendants. It first aired on May 30, 2016, and stars Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anika Noni Rose, T.I. and South African actress Nokuthula Ledwaba. It was produced on a budget of $50 million.^[1]