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'''''[[Roots]]''''' was a [[Miniseries]] presenting a dramatized account about author Alex Haley's family line and their struggles coping with slavery from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his Civil War descendants' liberation. Based on a novel by Haley.
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The first ''Roots'', the generally better received one, went only up through the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], while a 1980 [[Sequel]], ''Roots: The Next Generations'', picked up in 1865 and went through to Alex Haley himself, culminating in Haley visiting Kunte Kinte's home village in the 1970s.
1988 brought a third (fictional) entry: ''Roots: The Gift.'' This was a single two-hour side story, bringing back LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte. As a piece of trivia, this film features a few actors who would be in ''Star Trek'' productions, just as Burton was. Avery Brooks ([[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Captain Benjamin Sisko]]), Kate Mulgrew ([[Star Trek: Voyager|Captain Kathryn Janeway]]), and Tim Russ ([[Star Trek: Voyager|Lieutenant Tuvok]]).
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* [[Arc Words]]: "(Name), behold! The only thing greater than yourself!"; in the later episodes, the story each generation of Kunta Kinte's family tells about their family tree.▼
* [[All There in the Manual]]: There is a somewhat obscure special called: ''Roots: The Gift'' that takes place between Parts 2 and 3 of the series that explains how Kunta and Fiddler moved to Reynolds's plantation.
▲* [[Arc Words]]: "(Name), behold! The only thing greater than yourself!"; in the later episodes, the story each generation of Kunta Kinte's family tells about their family tree.
* [[Big No]]/[[Say My Name]]: KUNTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
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* [[Family Drama]]: Extended multigenerational.
* [[Generational Saga]]
* [[I Die Free]]
* [[Inspired By]]: The earlier parts, before Chicken George are all fiction. There ''was'' a Kunta Kinte and a ''Lord Ligonier
* [[Made a Slave]]: Kunta Kinte.
* [[Miniseries]]▼
* [[The Man Is Keeping Us Down]]: And how! There are a couple of sympathetic whites, though, particularly George Johnson and his wife.
▲* [[Miniseries]]
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: The [[Tear Jerker]] variety - it's Kunta Kinte, ''not'' Toby.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Some of the masters have a couple of moments that could count -- even Tom Moore, who would have been a [[Complete Monster]] otherwise.
* [[Playing Gertrude]]: The actress playing Kizzy was 3 years older than the guy who played her son, Chicken George. (necessary though, since she also played a younger version of Kizzy
* [[Rite of Passage]]: During the first episode, the adolescent boys of the village are taken out to a remote area and subjected to several rites of passage.
* [[Stock Subtitle]]: ''Roots the Next Generations''.
* [[Two Plus Torture Makes Five]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgGLjNMEVR4 "Your name is TOBY!"]
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: Kunta Kinte/Toby.
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