Roots

Malachi Kirby (as Kunta Kinte) Matthew Goode (as Dr. William Waller) James Purefoy (as John Waller) Forest Whitaker (as Fiddler) Emayatzy Corinealdi (as Belle) Anika Noni Rose (as Kizzy) Laurence Fishburne (as Alex Haley) Anna Paquin (as Nancy Holt) Mekhi Phifer (as Jerusalem) Jonathan Rhys Meyers (as Tom Lea) T.I. (as Cyrus) Carlacia Grant (as Irene) Genevieve Hannelius (as Missy) Saniyya Sidney (as Kizzy, age 6)

based on novel or book slavery plantation remake miniseries 18th century historical drama kunta kinte