Click here for the first part of my essay on "Roots" episodes I-III. It took me a little longer to get through the second half of "Roots" than it did the first. Part of the reason was my schedule, but I'll admit my enthusiasm for the miniseries waned the longer it went on. If the first couple of episodes was groundbreaking television — a depiction of slavery and its terrible consequences — the last couple go-rounds devolved into fairly standard soap opera-y stuff with a historical backdrop.
Roots: Episodes IV-VI (1977)
Roots: Episodes IV-VI (1977)
Roots: Episodes IV-VI (1977)
Click here for the first part of my essay on "Roots" episodes I-III. It took me a little longer to get through the second half of "Roots" than it did the first. Part of the reason was my schedule, but I'll admit my enthusiasm for the miniseries waned the longer it went on. If the first couple of episodes was groundbreaking television — a depiction of slavery and its terrible consequences — the last couple go-rounds devolved into fairly standard soap opera-y stuff with a historical backdrop.