Roots

Roots Online – Running about 1h 30m an episode, Roots (1977) is a Drama series in the 123movies catalog with 1 season and 8 episodes. The cast includes John Amos and Olivia Cole; John Erman directs. 256 votes put it at 7.4/10. 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.