The 1977 ABC show forced Americans to confront the issues of slavery and now History Channel has updated the historical classic.
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@CeCeTyshay8 жыл бұрын
Malachi did such an amazing job I didn't compare him at all. His performance was so strong. All the performances were.
@tamiacarter61697 жыл бұрын
Thank God for everything we have to day but it's a shame how black people got treated
@wildwaning94273 жыл бұрын
Malachi - Real Name is MalakiYAH = "Messenger of YAHUAH"
@AM-pk4sg8 жыл бұрын
This is the best serie I have ever watched. The Actor who plays Kunta in the new series deserves an Oscar. God bless the director of Roots for this spectacular work. Amen
@CaptainSpalding725 жыл бұрын
Don't win Oscars for television, genius.
@Kazemilover-123453 ай бұрын
Nah niggah relax.
@PurpleCloudsYTКүн бұрын
@@CaptainSpalding72 no need to be rude
@TNGURL088 жыл бұрын
This remake of Roots was very good, it touched my heart! Cried so many times watching this remake. Good job!
@alejandrosakai17442 жыл бұрын
I agreed with you!
@yolandamccrary72056 жыл бұрын
My 5th graders are watching it now and its amazing to see how excited they are about learning about their heritage and, how passionate they are about learning history. American and, African. They are truly enjoying this!
@pksmith87504 жыл бұрын
Also teach them about there history before slavery. Teach them about ancient Africa. Teach them about ancient Egypt. If you have not already done so. 💜
@Simon-pl2zi2 жыл бұрын
Roots is not entirely historically accurate. Alex Haley conveniently left out of the Roots story the fact that it was the African tribes who were oppressing, enslaving and selling millions of Africans into the Trans Atlantic slave trade. In fact during the 1700s more Africans were being oppressed by African tribes than by Europeans.
@jesushateswood8 жыл бұрын
I hope Malachi gets a part in the Black Panther movie.
@souphanitvinavong63908 жыл бұрын
this show makes me cry 😭😭😭😢
@emilywilks51655 жыл бұрын
Me too!😭😭😭
@lysandras-henry40828 жыл бұрын
Having watched this I need to watch the original . I love the actor who portrayed kunta kinte. All the actors were really good.
@gtrprincess18 жыл бұрын
He is sooooo handsome 💚
@TYB19707 ай бұрын
I haven't watched the new version. Been dying to see it. Hope it's as good as the first one.
@tracyleesmith78115 күн бұрын
@@TYB1970 I know I'm too late to comment u. However, make sure u have your tissues(a lot) nearby bc I've seen it about 5x now. And don't expect the same from the original bc they did put in some extra history that we didn't hear or mention about. Good luck & I assured u, u will do some more research & it was very good. ❤prayers & peace
@paytonacosta15647 жыл бұрын
Why is Malachi so cute?!
@hikari28274 жыл бұрын
Because dark is beautiful.
@beans26058 жыл бұрын
Nobody asks why remake Spiderman...
@manjsher30943 жыл бұрын
So ture
@sapphael.7 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal series, the acting from everyone was so emotional I have never felt more anger or sadness or joy from a character before, let alone from a whole cast.
@peterpisspotty30522 жыл бұрын
Malachi Kirby was so fantastic in this series - he is destined for international fame
@ghott0cqr5276 жыл бұрын
It brought tears to my eyes!
@bigal6508 жыл бұрын
I like the look of the actor they picked for Chicken George much better than in the original. George was the son of a slave and her master. The original actor didn't look multiracial at all while the new actor could be so
@sylvestergraham49218 жыл бұрын
Did you get anything out of this movie what a stupid comment comment but then again you wanted a reaction
@allanschuster79288 жыл бұрын
No it was an honest comment. I felt the movie looked more authentic but I felt the acting was much better in the original mini-series. If anyone is looking for a reaction it was you
@sylvestergraham49218 жыл бұрын
Allan Schuster what does how he looks has anything to do with this movie this is what's wrong with this world today you're judged by the color of your skin that's my reaction it didn't matter if he look like he was biracial or black he was still a slave and so was his mother
@allanschuster79288 жыл бұрын
Because he actually looks how I'd expect the character to look. If you don't like my opinion then go get over yourself
@sylvestergraham49218 жыл бұрын
You responded to me so you get over it
@zacqueeentertainment73368 жыл бұрын
LeVar Burton is so well spoken. Very articulate.
@sergeygladkov17188 жыл бұрын
Why wouldn't he be? Since he's Black?
@zacqueeentertainment73368 жыл бұрын
+Michael Charalambous well I mean, I've only heard him speak as a slave and not as himself. To hear him speak is like a breath of fresh air.
@zacqueeentertainment73368 жыл бұрын
+Yvonne Watkins lol nah you're not gonna sit up here and tell me what my assumption was. Ive only seen him as slave in roots that could barely speak English to fiddler. To see him out of character and so articulate was a breath of fresh air.
@zacqueeentertainment73368 жыл бұрын
+Yvonne Watkins I'm black but if I wasn't I can see why other races get sensitive when we pull the race card. Literally had nothing to do with him being black. Just the fact he played an inarticulate slave and now years later I see him in an interview giving back and is well spoken. Never saw him like that. This is people get annoyed with us. Nothing everything is racist, you're comments are totally absurd. You're like Al sharpton. Take several seats.
@sergeygladkov17188 жыл бұрын
Josiah Townsend lmao I bet you're just a white dude pretending to be black
@shistudragon52028 жыл бұрын
This actor did a good job
@karluslamark93216 жыл бұрын
LaVar Burton was dyslexic but he didn't let it stop him, slow him down, or hinder him in any way. He's Brilliant!!!
@naturalblessing33347 жыл бұрын
Malachi is so fine
@abaddie5635 жыл бұрын
+LuvLuv Yess
@no1nestandsalone3874 жыл бұрын
READDIIINNNGGG RAINBOW! I used to walk home to watch that amazing man’s show! He is an American treasure like Mr. Rogers ❤️
@namajjaracheal36856 жыл бұрын
Best version for the new generation!! Love it so much!! Real African spirit!
@tracyleesmith7814 жыл бұрын
I watched this series about 4 times & i just love it. All of the cast did the awesome jobs for remaking it & God bless them for doing this ❤🖤✌🏾
@kurdishqueen10848 жыл бұрын
So addicted and just finished 3rd episode. In tears!!!!!!!😭
@user-ez1fm7jx5m7 жыл бұрын
the only movie in my life that made me shade tears 💔
@faridaquaye4633 Жыл бұрын
I was drown in tears when I first watched it , a heart touching movie and a great African history .... ROOTS ❤️
@Dinoblaque407 жыл бұрын
I like the new mini series a lot more than I did the first one! it was raw and unfiltered not like the watered down version of the first one!!! Good job...
@brooklynstoute81505 жыл бұрын
I am currently in a history class in college, where I had to write an essay for each of the first three episodes. I cannot explain just how much impact the remake had on me. I am a changed individual because of Roots.
@brooklynstoute81505 жыл бұрын
Rambo Baggins Yes I was taught that.
@lawrenceburishel7047 жыл бұрын
it shouldn't be a remake the first one still stands strong
@pashaj925 жыл бұрын
Soooo true. Hasn't lost it's grit.
@feliciawhite81904 жыл бұрын
I agree! I watched both and the original is still the best to me.💯
@ebonyhouseofbeauty44923 жыл бұрын
I Agree brother.
@user-bx2cg2ec8c Жыл бұрын
Original better.
@maiajones97656 жыл бұрын
They say the newer version o f roots is more accurate
@CaptainSpalding725 жыл бұрын
Levar was always almost wasted on Star Trek: TNG..... He's a phenomenal actor....
@no1nestandsalone3874 жыл бұрын
4:47 Omg Johnathan Rhys Meyers is in this series! Phenomenal actor! Irish actor in the grey suit..
@joshglynn78117 жыл бұрын
He really does look like laurence fishbern
@saramarshall29574 жыл бұрын
It just was so powerful and well done
@cecej3067 жыл бұрын
I LOVE YOU KUNTA KINTE!!!!😙😀🤗
@satosmanaco19966 жыл бұрын
Kunta kintes is from the Gambia my country when I watch Kunta kintes movie I feel very bad
@tracyleesmith78116 күн бұрын
I truly enjoyed seeing the original Kinte, LeVar Burton & Malachi Kirby embraced themselves for the greatness & blessing jobs that they did for everyone else. 🙏🏽 ❤ They did the spectacular jobs for being Kunte Kinte.
@deborahminter62318 ай бұрын
Wow! It's a great story and a true one. It was written by a man's journey to discover the roots of his family.
@coolchick56888 жыл бұрын
Yeah they were great l also like the actor (Malachi kirby ) who portrayed Kunta Kinte ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ 😊
@dorisday4002 жыл бұрын
Lavar Burton killed the part of Kunta. The series moved me and it made me proud to know how strong my ancestors were. They are my heroes.
@AfricanPrince8 жыл бұрын
I just finished Episode 4. The whole series was so good, I really got into it with episode 2. The only minor thing I might have changed is at the end, I would have showed that Alex Haley was the son of Bertha Palmer who was the daughter of Cynthia who was the baby Tom was holding (if I remember the lineage right). Nothing can take away from the original but I loved it. So many great scenes (tempted to write them out but I won't. I'm going to be going over them in my mind hoping I remember them all). I really liked it.
@destinycollier94006 жыл бұрын
AfricanPrince I Wonder how Kunte,Lizzie and Old George would feel knowing that World Wide ? Even Now in the. Year 2018 We. Are Still Enslaved and living on. Masters. Plantations, Check the Prisoners Institutions Who are still shackled? and. look. at. the. shacks and housing issues in. America and. around. the. World. Reality. Only. A. few. escaped the Hoods Ghettos, And. They forgot to. look back. at Who and What were left out. Remind. You. The Majority? But. We. Are still. hoping. and waiting on. A lifta, lifeboat, ship, Because JESUS didn't. swim on. Water He WALKED! 2018 , JESUS = US = Equality? I did appreciate the messages in the first versions of the. Roots. Episodes even if there shacks displayed on tv and their furniture looked better than what most people have in the twenty first century. I know. they're just. acting but. I. Did not like that. Rifle Man Chuck Connors role? clue It's to realistic with What is Going ON. Today! Now what happened to the. movie. Ken. Norton starred in? Truth hurts and makes. you. angry. MANDINGO!
@MrDrakko37 жыл бұрын
I love this mini series
@akosuaayim8885 жыл бұрын
Tbh I prefer the old version of roots....but the new version is good too tho they're all very good actors
@patricklewis2745 Жыл бұрын
Commander Geordi la Forge is a great guy.
@serlomcole29587 жыл бұрын
omfg levar burton was so handsome when young soo lush
@User429cassu6 жыл бұрын
Levar Burton is a gift to us
@TYB19707 ай бұрын
I remember when this first aired on TV. And to those who have read the book I STILL have a hard time getting past Kunta's part. Excellent writing. And I keep saying that we all know how horrible slavery was but not enough is written about that damn boat ride over here. The one's that survived that are beyond strong! Physically, mentally and emotionally, baby!!
@erickanew8 жыл бұрын
Although old I liked the first one better. But the new one is good too.
@erickanew8 жыл бұрын
+Jane G Seda The remake is too harsh.
@erickanew8 жыл бұрын
+Jane G Seda The older one was more detail & wasn't bad the whole time the old one did have some good times, and the quincy jones music was great. The only thing I liked about the new one was the guy that played Kunta,,Kirby,,he was fine.
@chelseaoliver54047 жыл бұрын
Tiara Wright I agree I absolutely loved this remake but I do think in parts the original was a bit more detailed I do love the fact the orignal kunte was part of the production team
@femkemoshood18523 жыл бұрын
the beginning of a battle of human rights violations. makes me proud that my ancestors fought. We know freedom by their sacrifice. July 1st I commemorate the brave men and women children who were kidnapped from Africa and as a child who is half Nigerian half Dutch myself I also commemorate the slave children who are mixed that this should never happen again no one is a slave 🌹🌹
@henk59288 жыл бұрын
Where are the movies about the North African slave trade?? I'm still butt hurt about that. I also expect remakes. Never forget!!
@orianelemairemariette8508 жыл бұрын
How about the Brazilian slave trade or the Haitian Revolution
@kevinrichmond65137 жыл бұрын
i love roots
@icilmaa7 жыл бұрын
There is a film about the Haitian Revolution.
@manjsher30943 жыл бұрын
How about the north america genocide of the native American Indians. Outrageous.
@TYB1970 Жыл бұрын
I remember EVERYONE stayed at home and watched this!!
@racheal8871 Жыл бұрын
Rege-jean Page bridgerton!!! How exited I was to see him in roots😃
@cocobenji61234 жыл бұрын
we need to put this back on tv today.
@K4R3N2 жыл бұрын
No one watches TV anymore today
@Tfichtenbaum4 жыл бұрын
I saw the clip of the whipping scene in the new remake where they force Kunta Kinte to use his slave name and he refused , that was even more brutal , then the original ...it is a powerful but heartbreaking scene .
@loc1k4 жыл бұрын
It must be told again and again until we all hear it. Healing is a way of life. If we aren't healing, we aren't living.
@marshacreary97716 жыл бұрын
Chicken George reminds me of Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney in 'Say, Say, Say'
@johndalton7810 Жыл бұрын
2016 roots 1 and 2 how do I see the whole movie after Kizzy had geaorge
@ILLGOOD5 жыл бұрын
HEBREWS our names were changed and the world knows their deceit. Deuteronomy 28:68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. And....Psalm 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. Genesis 15:13 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years. We started from Abraham, but our father is Jacob (Israel). Genesis 46:6-34 And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him. HEBREWS what else do you need to know?!
@newjerseylion48045 жыл бұрын
I was kind of stunned they just left of with Tom and chicken George and they continued on into the Jim Crow era and civil rights movement.
@technodrone3138 жыл бұрын
whats your name? geordi
@SaluteTheRealEnt3 жыл бұрын
I am the descendant of Fiddler 🧡☺️
@chelesmith10795 жыл бұрын
I don't really mind that most of the black actors or all the black cast are british. It doesn't bother me. At all. I don't let it. In fact, i LOVE it. They are closer to the TRUE History of the story of Roots in "EVERY" ASPECT. "ORIGINALLY FROM" Or, "DESCENDING FROM" Africa, but, carrying The White Man's English names. NOT THEIR OWN African names. And we ALL KNOW, "WHY"- just like Malachi said
@stef0124 жыл бұрын
Malachi is cute❤️
@jasmineagyakwa4 жыл бұрын
ikr
@thetruthandnothingbutthetr64847 жыл бұрын
this wayyyyyy better than the original
@MrBrennanmoriarty8 ай бұрын
Bigger than the #Olympics and football . It was definitely a family event at my home. Sherlock Holmes in Africa is elementary.
@rastawella14 жыл бұрын
OH LEVAR, LEVAR, LEVAR !!! I THANK GOD FOR HIS BIRTH !
@poeticjustice9856 жыл бұрын
i dont care what nobody say nobody can play chicken george like the original chicken george
@KDawg928014 жыл бұрын
Why didn’t John Amos show up
@datmox3 жыл бұрын
“WHERES MY ICONIC SLAVE ROLE” -Lance Riddick
@wrinthiak343110 ай бұрын
You cant remake perfection.
@Rob749s8 жыл бұрын
I'm actually a little disappointed most of the actors are British. You'd think the parts would have so much more meaning for Americans.
@peterconnell32407 жыл бұрын
Rob749s Because the British are better actors. Sorry.
@alaziz28876 жыл бұрын
Rob749s in amerika the most blacks are mixed, in england not
@ibrahimjalloh66035 жыл бұрын
It’s not Like we’re Suffering Today
@thescoobymike8 жыл бұрын
Why did ABC give itself that shameless plug at the very end lol
@BryonLetterman7 жыл бұрын
Scooby MiKE because they can say what they want about their property
@emeldabradwell6 жыл бұрын
The History Channel is part OWNED by ABC telwvision" lol!
@cecej3067 жыл бұрын
he is cute and hot
@sarahnjoki16567 жыл бұрын
Carla Jones I knooooooow!!!! I xamtw take my eyes of him.
@mayagold108 жыл бұрын
the original kunta kinte looks so much like uzo aduba lol
@Stealthful_3 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I love Roots! By the way I am the 960th person to like this video and this is the 156th comment on this video.
@Zeeboklown11 ай бұрын
Everytime this has aired, Ive been harassed for months after. I can't help but hate this movie. My ancestors are Russian and Czech Jews. And moved to the states in 1910 on the Czech side, and after WW2 (escaped a camp). My ppl weren't ever slave owners anyway.
@marshacreary97716 жыл бұрын
1st Floor Back in Effect
@peterpisspotty30522 жыл бұрын
You know, slavery didn't only happen in the USA ... just saying 😌
@K4R3N2 жыл бұрын
But it almost split the USA
@lilchief1117 Жыл бұрын
I don't think anyone believes it did. But this is a story about American chattel slavery created by an African American man
@JoseVazquez-pr6qc8 жыл бұрын
I love show
@stephenstainsby60914 жыл бұрын
Why they had to do a remake i will never know the new one was rubbish compared to the original.roots was once in a lifetime mini series never to be remade
@mastchekm19237 жыл бұрын
ignore previous cookie
@ronaldcammarata34222 жыл бұрын
I think it should be a general rule of thumb. Don't remake something that was great the first time. That's why I predict the West Side Story remake will fall flat.
@K4R3N2 жыл бұрын
You were proven correct
@user-bx2cg2ec8c Жыл бұрын
@@K4R3N💯
@josephsuarez14768 жыл бұрын
I liked it first lol
@wabejoo5 жыл бұрын
KUNTA! KUNTA KINTE!!!
@MYLife-xt2js6 жыл бұрын
Grits...dummy😋😋😆
@tenteralfred36143 жыл бұрын
Hello. My. Fb. Friends
@elsakristina26897 жыл бұрын
Two Kunta Kintes!
@flagcoco697 жыл бұрын
I watched the original Roots in 1977 and have watched it completely a couple of times since, I have always appreciated Levar Burton and have admired him in this and Star Trek, but I'm sorry, the remake was a money grab. Just like every other remake out there. It's probably a good remake, but I don't care, just like I would never watch a remake of Citizen Kane or Casablanca. Hollywood has run out of ideas, which I don't understand, there are plenty of stories to be told, especially about the experience of Africans in the Americas. The story of Kunta Kinte and his descendants, as told by Alex Haley, deserves to be one of those stories everyone who can read English. Recycling Roots doesn't cut it for me, especially when the feel of the original still give me and those in my generation such a visceral reaction. It was a flawless jewel, in and of itself, its story and acting and actors and writing and timing were perfect. Are you really telling me there aren't more stories about African-Americans that aren't compelling? I hope it made a lot of people a lot of money, because I can't see any other reason for this to be made than to just make a buck, which I suppose is the only thing that matters in 21st Century America, isn't it?
@corsicanlulu7 жыл бұрын
all of hollywood nowadays is all about remakes, not just black stories. just unoriginality all around
@kbreezy105017 жыл бұрын
Flag Coco the new series is by faaaarrrr better and far more accurate
@K4R3N2 жыл бұрын
Hidden Figures
@holysmoke84392 жыл бұрын
Fiction
@pamelafrenchie687 Жыл бұрын
I like African movies,,so this is one that I will add to the kind of movies I watch,,I like culture,,so good job to the cast,,Lavar Burton,Alex Haley,,
@lukeschlicter58583 жыл бұрын
The remake made zero impact.
@yuubokumin4158 жыл бұрын
A lot of British playing American roles.Why????
@puppetuchiha72898 жыл бұрын
why tf does it matter
@lovejones28808 жыл бұрын
look at the American Soup Opera's many are European and in movies. americans are great actors and so are Europeans. I don't care I think they act great.
@RosesCaliente8 жыл бұрын
u mean a British playing an Africans role?
@Child_of_Amun8 жыл бұрын
+Rose Valdovinos It's supposed to be telling the story of slavery, so who cares if a black British person plays a African American or Caribbean or Brazilian, it doesn't matter we're all black people so why does it matter where the actor comes from as long as he's black?
@kaderdao-cp9xl7 жыл бұрын
why? but they did a very good job i taught that they was mostly Americans expect for Malachi which a taught was African
@willyssmooth89177 жыл бұрын
Why are all the actors immigrants? and seriously, how is this suppose to help race relations?
@fightttttt8 жыл бұрын
Just we need blacks thinking about slavery times and always being opressed,, they didnt do enough of that yet
@daem19628 жыл бұрын
Shut up. It's American history.
@fightttttt8 жыл бұрын
You can talk about the history more then the present and future if you want, but that makes you stupid so you shut up
@daem19628 жыл бұрын
+Derek Bao lol what do you mean? This story is being retold because many people myself included have never seen the original. We have a right to know our history right? It's not being retold because we want to be oppressed, that's just stupid. So like I said it's American history, shut up. :)
@daem19628 жыл бұрын
+Derek Bao p.s. Everyone should know their history so that past events don't repeat themselves. i.e. present & future.
@lovejones28808 жыл бұрын
+Derek Bao It would be disrespectful to not remember and pay homage to people who built this country on blood sweat and tears. Families separated, women raped kids killed men lynched. Be happy you are not a slave.
@peterpisspotty30522 жыл бұрын
I went to a predominantly black school and I got bullied and threatened every day. Poetic justice?
@CaptainSpalding725 жыл бұрын
these remakes are so stupid and foolhardy. No one ever cares or remembers them..... dumb....
@Rob749s8 жыл бұрын
I'm actually a little disappointed most of the actors are British. You'd think the parts would have so much more meaning for Americans.
@mahirhussain48907 жыл бұрын
Rob749s Why? lol they speak in an American accent why does it matter ?
@chelseaoliver54047 жыл бұрын
Rob749s and to be honest yes slavery was far more prevalent in America it happened in England to
@mahirhussain48907 жыл бұрын
Chelsea Oliver America was colonised by the British, therefore slavery from Africa was established by the British along with the Portuguese and Dutch, so the idea that British actors can't be in this because it's "only an American thing" is so naiive, people ought to read history, tbh I though every American knew about America being colonised by the British through their school system
@chelseaoliver54047 жыл бұрын
yes I know America was colonised by Britain having been originally discovered by Columbus and british crews came to America or the "new world" (America and beyond) in the 15/16oos and in saying that it was actually vikings who were the first settlers
@mahirhussain48907 жыл бұрын
Chelsea Oliver Yes I know hence why the Minnesota Vikings are called Vikings