AFTERBUZZ TV — Roots edition is a weekly “after show” for fans of History’s Roots. In this episode, hosts Shaka Smith, McCall Hall, and Erica Green discuss episodes 3 & 4.
ABOUT ROOTS:
The History channel has commissioned a remake of the miniseries after acquiring rights from David L. Wolper‘s son, Mark Wolper, and Alex Haley’s estate. The planned new eight-hour miniseries, with Mark Wolper as executive producer, will draw on Haley’s novel and the original miniseries albeit from a contemporary perspective. In April 2015, it was announced that along with The History Channel, Lifetime and A&E would also broadcast the remake of the Roots miniseries. Will Packer, Marc Toberoff and Mark Wolper will executive produce it alongside Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. LeVar Burton, star of the original series, and Korin Huggins will co-executive produce it.
On February 11, 2016, a trailer for the remake of Roots was released and Paul Buccieri, president of A&E and The History Channels, announced that the four night, 8-hour event series would premiere on Memorial Day, May 30, 2016. The ensemble cast includes Forest Whitaker as Fiddler, Anna Paquin as Nancy Holt, Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Tom Lea, Anika Noni Rose as Kizzy, Tip “T.I.” Harris as Cyrus, Emayatzy Corinealdi as Belle, Matthew Goode as Dr. William Waller, Mekhi Phifer as Jerusalem, James Purefoy as John Waller, introduces Regé-Jean Page as Chicken George and Malachi Kirby as Kunta Kinte, and Laurence Fishburne as Alex Haley.
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