Debuting on May 30 simultaneously on History, A&E and Lifetime and airing over four consecutive nights, the stunningly visceral new version of Roots probably will not get anywhere near the 130 million ...

Malachi Kirby is Kunta Kinte in History's New Orleans-shot remake of the slavery epic 'Roots.' (A E Networks) "Omoro then walked out before all the assembled people of the village. Moving to his ...

WHY CREATE a remake of one of the most powerful miniseries in history? “I had watched the first one about two years prior and I was still affected by it. My first response was ‘Why are they doing it ...

0000018f-87fb-dcea-afcf-cffbda930000 Malachi Kirby plays Kunta Kinte in the new 'Roots' mini-series, airing on History channel.; Credit: Courtesy History channel In 1977, ABC aired the mini-series ...

Next week’s remake of Roots, airing over four nights on A&E, History, and Lifetime, might not seem all that notable in this era of endless TV and movie reboots. After all, just last week the major ...

Snoop Dogg isn’t wrong. And neither are those who disagree with his assertion that black people don’t need another “Roots” or endless dissections of centuries of victimization, hurt, trauma and pure ...

From the moment you hear Laurence Fishburne's mesmerizing opening narration, intoned over sweeping visuals of a lush African forest, it's obvious History's new Roots miniseries has spared no expense ...

He works in mysterious ways.

Whether it was witnessing Will Smith supporting his daughter, Willow Smith, on stage in a pre-Father's Day bit of awesomeness or the Everyday People party sweating out all the youngins' with solid ...