Luscious Movies on Instagram: "Roots 2016 ‧ Roots (2016) is a powerful remake of the groundbreaking 1977 miniseries, based on Alex Haley’s novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. It tells the multigenerational story of an African-American family, beginning with Kunta Kinte, a Mandinka warrior from The Gambia who is captured and sold into slavery in America. The series traces his lineage through the brutal history of American slavery, the Civil War, and the eventual emergence of freedom. Eac