“Roots” stars LeVar Burton as Kunta Kinte, Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler, Vic Morrow as Ames, Todd Bridges as Bud Harvey, Robert Reed as Dr.
“Roots: Parts 1-8” – Beginning at 12:00pm ETīased on the 1976 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Alex Haley. “Roots,” which garnered nine Emmy® Awards, a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award, follows the epic tale of Alex Haley’s ancestors, from Kunta Kinte’s enslavement to his descendants’ liberation over 100 years later. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH – “ROOTS” MINISERIES MARATHON įULL SUNDANCETV BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAMMING SCHEDULE BELOW: Rounding out the night is Ghosts of Mississippi , based on the true story of the assassination of activist Medgar Evers.
On Tuesday, February 13th at 7pm ET/6pm CT, the night’s double feature begins with the classic film The Color Purple – an epic tale about the life of Celie, an African American woman living in the South. Directly following will be Rosewood, the historical fictional drama about the 1923 horrific attack on an African American community in Florida. He reprised his role in the 1988 sequel, “Roots: The Gift.”īeginning Monday, February 12th at 7/6pm CT, Malcom X, the biographical drama about the African American activist, will lead the night’s double feature. “Roots” stars “Hap and Leonard’s” Louis Gossett Jr., whom won an Emmy® for his role as Fiddler, an urbane slave musician. The third installment, “Roots: The Gift,” will begin Monday, February 19th at 12/11pm CT. To round out the celebration, for the first time on SundanceTV, the network will also run a marathon of Alex Haley’s award-winning miniseries, “Queen,” the conclusion of the “Roots” story, on Sunday, February 18th at 2/1pm CT. The complete saga tells the epic story of author Alex Haley’s ancestors, from Kunta Kinte’s enslavement to his descendants’ liberation to integration in the 20th century.
The sequel to the original groundbreaking series, “Roots: The Next Generations,” will follow the next day starting Sunday, February 11th at 11/10am CT. The most watched miniseries of all time, “Roots,” will kick off the month-long celebration with the remastered version airing Saturday, February 10th at 12/11am CT. Along with the made-for-TV movies and films, Michael Kenneth Williams and Louis Gossett Jr., the stars of the forthcoming series “Hap and Leonard: The Two-Bear Mambo” (premiering March 7th), will provide interstitial commentary on a range of topics relating to SundanceTV’s Black History Month programming. To celebrate Black History Month, SundanceTV will air critically-acclaimed miniseries and films throughout the month that highlight facets of the African American experience.
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