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How The New 'Roots' Reboot Differs From The Original Mini-Series
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May 24, 2016
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1:19Now PlayingNearly 40 years after Roots made its TV debut, the groundbreaking miniseries has been rebooted. In 1977, the eight-part miniseries about slavery was a cultural event. The finale was watched by an estimated 100 million people. The new cast includes Forest Whitaker and Anna Paquin, as well as Laurence Fishburne. Newcomer Malachi Kirby, plays Kunta Kinte, "Nervous is not the word," he told Inside Edition. "I was scared. It's an enormous weight of responsibility to tell a story like this." #InsideEdition
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