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Roots: A History Revealed
TV Special
2016
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Tommie Earl Jenkins
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Malachi Kirby
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Malachi Kirby
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Tommie Earl Jenkins
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Jonathan Rhys Meyers
Tom Lea
Malachi Kirby
Kunta Kinte
Regé-Jean Page
Chicken George
Laurence Fishburne
Alex Haley
Forest Whitaker
Fiddler
Anna Paquin
Nancy Holt
Shannon Lucio
Patricia Lea
Chad L. Coleman
Mingo
Anika Noni Rose
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Release date
June 3, 2016 (United States)
Country of origin
United States
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History Channel
Language
English
Also known as
Roots: Die Geschichte der Sklaverei
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