Roots
Trailer: Roots
Year: 1977
Genre: Drama
Country:
Studio: ABC
Director: Alex Haley
Cast: John Amos, Olivia Cole, Ben Vereen, Madge Sinclair
Crew: Marvin J. Chomsky (Director), John Erman (Director), David Greene (Director), Gilbert Moses (Director), Alex Haley (Writer), James T. Heckert (Editor)
First Air Date: Jan 23, 1977
Last Air date: Jan 30, 1977
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 8 Episode
Runtime: 90 minutes
IMDb: 7.40/10 by 254.00 users
Popularity: 12.8073
Language: English
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