Roots

1 Season
8 Episode

Roots

The Saga of an American Family.


(217 votes, average: 7.37/ 10)

90 minutes 1977 HD

  • Share

The 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.

img

Season

Similar

  • 1991
    img

    The Gravy Train Goes East

    The Gravy Train Goes East

    7.00 1991 HD

    A fictitious Balkan state adaps to life after Communism.

    img
  • 1985
    img

    Tender Is the Night

    Tender Is the Night

    6.40 1985 HD

    Dennis Potter adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel about how the rich languoring on the Riviera in the 1920s are slowly drawn into the...

    img
  • 1998
    img

    Ultraviolet

    Ultraviolet

    7.20 1998 HD

    With the growing threat of viral epidemic and the possibility of worldwide environmental catastrophe, humanity has an unprecedented ability to...

    img
  • 1991
    img

    G.B.H.

    G.B.H.

    6.30 1991 HD

    GBH was a seven-part British television drama written by Alan Bleasdale shown in the summer of 1991 on Channel 4. The protagonists were Michael...

    img
  • 1970
    img

    Towards Zero

    Towards Zero

    1 1970 HD

    An elderly widow is murdered at a clifftop seaside house. What is the connection between a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft...

    img
  • 2019
    img

    WHAT / IF

    WHAT / IF

    6.50 2019 HD

    A pair of cash-strapped newlyweds accept a lucrative but morally dubious offer from a mysterious female benefactor.

    img
  • 2015
    img

    Sudden Master

    Sudden Master

    1 2015 HD

    After her estranged father’s unexpected death, Alex Cheng unwillingly becomes the heir to his Martial Arts School. She is faced with the...

    img
  • 2017
    img

    Hospital IT

    Hospital IT

    7.00 2017 HD

    img
  • 1977
    img

    Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

    5.80 1977 HD

    Anna Karenina was a 1977 BBC television adaptation of Tolstoy's novel.

    img
  • 2023
    img

    War of Letters

    War of Letters

    7.00 2023 HD

    10th century, the most powerful state in Europe rests on a terrible secret that may threaten the very foundations of Christianity. Captured between...

    img

Recomendation

  • 2014
    img

    Black Jesus

    Black Jesus

    5.80 2014 HD

    A TV series finds Jesus living in present day Compton, CA on a daily mission to spread love and kindness throughout the neighborhood with the help of...

    img
  • 1973
    img

    The Ascent of Man

    The Ascent of Man

    8.20 1973 HD

    The Ascent of Man is a thirteen-part documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first transmitted in 1973, written and...

    img
  • 1979
    img

    Roots: The Next Generations

    Roots: The Next Generations

    7.30 1979 HD

    Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family...

    img
  • 1975
    img

    Czterdziestolatek

    Czterdziestolatek

    7.20 1975 HD

    Czterdziestolatek or 40-latek was a Polish television comedy series broadcast between 1974 and 1977. The first series enjoyed so much popularity that...

    img
  • 1976
    img

    My Uncle Napoleon

    My Uncle Napoleon

    7.60 1976 HD

    An uproarious adoption of a popular novel by Iraj Pezeshkzad set in and around the family compound in early 1940s Tehran, marvelously rich in...

    img
  • 1980
    img

    Hollywood

    Hollywood

    8.30 1980 HD

    A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios and its impact on 1920s culture.

    img
  • 2016
    img

    Wannous

    Wannous

    8.40 2016 HD

    Yaqut, a father, leaves his wife and kids and disappears for 20 years. The Devil, Wanoos, then visits his family, pretending to be their father's...

    img
  • 1973
    img

    Den vita stenen

    Den vita stenen

    6.00 1973 HD

    Fia and her mother, a piano-teacher, live in the country villa with bad-tempered housekeeper Malin. One day a boy called Hampus comes to the village...

    img
  • 1966
    img

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats

    7.50 1966 HD

    Pistols 'n' Petticoats is an American Western sitcom

    img
  • 1970
    img

    Earth and the American Dream

    Earth and the American Dream

    6.30 1970 HD

    A documentary of America from the environment's perspective, covering the period from Columbus to the 20th century.

    img