뿌리
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Racines
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Raíces
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根
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尋根
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根（1977短剧）
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根（1977短劇）
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Raízes
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ルーツ
director:
Marvin J. Chomsky
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John Erman
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David Greene
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Gilbert Moses
playwright:
Alex Haley
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James Lee
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William Blinn
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M. Charles Cohen
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Ernest Kinoy
genre:
Drama
region:
United States
language:
English
number of seasons: 1
release date: 1977-01-23
IMDb: tt0075572
Overview
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.