It should be required viewing for anyone with just an abstract idea of what slavery actually means. At a time when many are trying to focus on what unites rather than divides us (for obvious reasons), it’s a shame this remake is tucked away on BBC4 where a relatively small audience will find it. But this harrowing tale of human subjugation and suffering has lost none of its power to shock. The original isn’t the kind of series broadcasters seem keen to repeat for some reason. I was two when the original became a runaway hit and I’m ashamed to say I haven’t sought out the DVD since. F orty years after the original US TV adaptation of Alex Haley’s book Roots: The Saga of an American Family, the History channel releases this new version, Roots (BBC4), first shown in the US last year.
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