Roots
Trailer: Roots
Year: 1977
Genre: Drama
Country:
Studio: ABC
Director: Alex Haley
Cast:
Crew: John Erman (Director), Marvin J. Chomsky (Director), Gilbert Moses (Director), David Greene (Director), Alex Haley (Writer), Ernest Kinoy (Screenplay)
First Air Date: Jan 23, 1977
Last Air date: Jan 30, 1977
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 8 Episode
Runtime: 90 minutes
IMDb: 7.35/10 by 241.00 users
Popularity: 11.4571
Language: English
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