A New 'roots' For A New Century

Philly.com Entertainment, Philadelphia Inquirer: Entertainment
Sat, 05/28/2016 - 8:48pm

The first job of any remake is to justify itself. Why do we need a new version of Roots, the beloved 1977 ABC mini-series whose finale more than 100 million people watched and whose most recent rerun - in high-definition on TV One - was only last fall?

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