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VIDEO: 'Roots' Cast on the Challenges of Remaking Iconic Miniseries
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  • May 27, 2016

'Roots' Cast on the Challenges of Remaking Iconic Miniseries

The 1977 ABC show forced Americans to confront the issues of slavery and now History Channel has updated the historical classic.

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