Roots (1977) Cast & Crew

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Created by Alex Haley.

Cast

• John Amos as Older Kunta Kinte
• Olivia Cole as Mathilda Moore
• Ben Vereen as Chicken Joe Moore
• Madge Sinclair as Belle Reynolds

Crew

• Marvin J. Chomsky — Director
• John Erman — Director
• Gilbert Moses — Director
• David Greene — Director
• Alex Haley — Writer
• William Blinn — Screenplay
• James Lee — Screenplay
• Ernest Kinoy — Screenplay
• M. Charles Cohen — Screenplay
• Gerald Fried — Original Music Composer

Shows like Roots

If you enjoyed Roots, these TV shows have a similar feel:

• Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
• Parenthood (2010)
• Brothers and Sisters (2006)
• The Blue and the Gray (1982)
• The Bible (2013)
• The Thorn Birds (1983)
• Alex Haley's Queen (1993)
• The Long Song (2018)
• Shōgun (1980)
• Upstairs, Downstairs (1971)
• Scarlett (1994)
• Doctor Thorne (2016)

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