没有什么比失去“根”更痛苦的了。黑人们终于觉醒，终于反思。这一部黑色的家史是那么曲折离奇而又真实感人，它竟引发了全球的寻根热！ 美国常常以“最民主、最自由、最讲人权”自诩，而《根》正是向世人揭示了最没有民主、最没有自由、最没有人权的黑人家族的历史，它的社会认识意义与《美国的悲剧》、《愤怒的葡萄》等美国文学史上的名篇是一致的。

Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.