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A Millennial’s View – New Roots Miniseries: Part 2

A Millennial’s View – The New Roots Miniseries: Part 2 by Amanda-Rae Prescott Epis 3 & 4 of Roots follows Kunta Kinte’s family tree, shifting the focus to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Both episodes continue the precedent set in the first half of the series (Pt. 1 review) for excellent acting, powerful visual storytelling, and keeping the most important parts of Alex Haley’s work intact. Epi3 … Continue reading A Millennial’s View – New Roots Miniseries: Part 2

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A Millennial’s View – New Roots Miniseries: Part 1

A Millennial’s View – The New Roots Miniseries: Part 1 By Amanda-Rae Prescott ‘Roots’ will allow new audiences to experience this epic family saga with a new vision that is both inspiring and tremendously entertaining. We are proud that HISTORY will be able to bring new life to this powerful story that remains as important today as it did when the original ‘Roots’ first premiered. ~ … Continue reading A Millennial’s View – New Roots Miniseries: Part 1

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Roots: Protecting Your Name

Really looking forward to watching this. Ironically, when we told others this would be coming on, some said they were not interested in watching it because it is too horrendous a topic to watch and makes them uncomfortable; others asked why they would do a remake of the classic Roots and why was it necessary to have another show about slavery? To all of that, … Continue reading Roots: Protecting Your Name

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