Alex Haley 'ROOTS' ~ Part 1 of 6

Alex Haley 'ROOTS' ~ Part 1 of 6

Complete Series as Aired in 1977

Uninterrupted

Run Time: 1 hour 36 minutes

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Roots
• Episode

[JSublaban]

@marlon5970 Haha actually this movie is pretty sad how people were treated this way (so it didnt give me a hard on bitch), it kind of reminds me of how u should be treated (like a piece of shit)! If u dont like this movie then why the fuck did you click on the vid dumbass

[marlon5970]

@ThePrettyNappyGirl How in the HELL is this the BEST FILM OF ALL TIME....Are you a RACISTS or a AUNT TOM...

[marlon5970]

@JSublaban I'm quite sure you do love this movie...gives you a HARD ON!!! Geek..TRAILOR TRASH!!!!

[christo930]

@TwiinStar1224 I am just glad I wasn't born into that world or that time period either as a slave, master or just a human marginally attached to either state of affairs (master or slave). The kind of effects that this brutal world must of had on people is unfathomable. What is going to happen when the fossil fuels run out? Fossil fuels are what ended slavery, it's going to come back when they run out if we haven't figured out a new source of energy by then.

[TwiinStar1224]

@Reboothis they speak english so we can understand. Imagine the difficulty of writing a script where they speak an authentic african language, having american actors learn it, only so that viewers would not understand it and need subtitles.

[TwiinStar1224]

@christo930 kind stranger they did a lot worse things than what happened on the ships. The thumb screw is an example. I've read how they shoved the branding irons up womens vaginas and men's anus. I'm a history major so I've looked at slavery in America as well as the Caribbean. Most slaves actually went to the Caribbean, and in comparison the Caribbean slaves had it FAR worse because their white masters were heavily outnumbered ad needed to instill fear in them

[christo930]

I can understand slavery, it isn't right, but I can understand it. What I can' understand is the brutality with witch they were treated. Locking people in a laying down position on a plank of wood, laying in their shit, piss and vomit and then throwing salt water on them to clean them? Did this really happen? I can't imagine how anyone can do this and remain sane. If I were a sailor (free man) on that boat, I would have lost my mind of been drunk the entire time.

[christo930]

I wonder what the first man in the world thought when someone said "Hey, you have to cut off your foreskin"? Personally, if I had had any choice in the matter, I would have kept mine.

[bartdogggy]

@Reboothis Only to their point of view. Latter on Kunta speaks his native tongue. But in their own perspective, the language is English

[cyt8]

Wow, I haven't seen this since it first aired. Dang, I"m old!