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'''''Roots''''' is a 1977 [[movie]] starring [[LeVar Burton]] as "Kunta Kinte", an [[Africa]]n [[slave]] brought over on a slave ship to serve in an 18th-century [[plantation]]. The movie was [[controversy|controversial]] at the time for its blunt and socially progressive depiction of [[slavery]]. It was also historically significant for bringing to prominence several of its stars, including [[LeVar Burton]], [[Cicely Tyson]], and [[Beverly Todd]].

'''''Roots''''' is a 1977 [[movie]] starring [[LeVar Burton]] as Kunta Kinte, an [[Africa]]n [[slave]] brought to America serve in an eigtheenth-century [[plantation]]. The movie was [[controversy|controversial]] at the time for its blunt and socially progressive depiction of [[slavery]]. It was also historically significant for bringing to prominence several of its stars, including [[LeVar Burton]], [[Cicely Tyson]], and [[Beverly Todd]].

''Roots'' was based on the novel of the same name by [[Arthur Hailey]]. Hailey's novel was far more graphic and original than the film version, which preserved the book's tone while cutting out many of the more squeamish scenes, such as one in which Kinte is attacked with a [[branding iron]].

''Roots'' was based on the novel of the same name by [[Arthur Hailey]]. Hailey's novel was far more graphic and original than the film version, which preserved the book's tone while cutting out many of the more squeamish scenes, such as one in which Kinte is attacked with a [[branding iron]].