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This poster promotes the 2016 version of “Roots."

This poster promotes the 2016 version of “Roots."

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New ‘Roots’ relevant to new generation

In the history of American television, there has never been anything like the original version of  “Roots.” Broadcast in 1977, the miniseries based on Alex Haley’s account of tracing his enslaved ancestor Kunta Kinte back to Africa was watched by 100 million people and triggered a cultural explosion.