It portrays the story of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, captured as an adolescent and sold into slavery in the United States, and follows his life and the lives of his alleged descendants in the U.S.
I highly recommend this film and a book called the Miseducation of the Negro as Black family heirlooms-or for anyone who wants to be enlightened concerning a portion of Black history. Roots, a novel by Alex Haley, was published in 1976. Roots of the problem: the controversial history of Alex Haley's book Haley’s influential family saga about 18th century slavery is back on TV, but its literary reputation is still tarnished. Simpson was in it! John Amos was the best and the funniest especially when he kept losing his character's African accent and sounding more like "James" on Good Times! Overall the movie is very touching and will have you experiencing mixed emotions if you're of the Black race, and have compassion if you're of other races that haven't experienced such things. Great cast of characters-even though I didn't realize that O.J. racing his ancestry through six generations of architects, lawyers, blacksmiths, farmers, freedmen and slaves, Alex Haleys research took him back to Africa. Alex Haley, whose centenary we mark this year, was my James Baldwin. At his age everything is rosy just like it was when I was 10, but hopefully he can reflect back on this movie to motivate him in the future. Alex Haley Taught America About Race and a Young Man How to Write In 1968, the celebrated author of The Autobiography of Malcolm X arrived at Hamilton College to teach and work on his. Haley was eternally grateful for such generous encouragement from the distinguished author. I recently bought the video and watched it with my now 10 year old son, who is Black and I show him the importance of getting an education because our ancestors weren't allowed such luxuries. In 1977 I was 10 years old, and all I remember is the majority of the city where I live was watching Roots each day for a week.
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