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Roots

  1. rip
    Louis Gossett Jr., Oscars’ First Black Supporting Actor Winner, Dead at 87His role as Fiddler in 1977’s Roots also earned him an Emmy.
    By Jason P. Frank
  2. q+a
    Allison Russell’s ‘Open Letter to White Supremacy’The singer revisits her own horrific past on “Eve Was Black.”
    By Justin Curto
  3. a long talk
    The Same Old Rhiannon GiddensThe Pulitzer-winning folk singer’s turn toward pop isn’t a detour, it’s “part of the journey.”
    By Justin Curto
  4. grammys 2022
    Brandi Carlile Is Proud to Be ‘Unintentionally Popular’ at the GrammysThe singer-songwriter’s Best Pop Solo Performance nod was a surprise — but really, she says, all five nominations were.
    By Justin Curto
  5. election 2020
    LeVar Burton Schools Keith Olbermann on How to Pronounce ‘Kunta Kinte’Take it from the man who played Kunta Kinte himself.
    By Justin Curto
  6. deaths
    Roots and Purple Rain Screenwriter William Blinn Dead at 83The Starsky & Hutch creator’s career spanned decades.
    By Rebecca Alter
  7. year in culture 2016
    29 Very Black Things That Happened on TV in 2016Beyoncé’s Super Bowl performance, Atlanta’s Juneteenth episode, and so much more.
    By Dee Lockett
  8. overnights
    Roots Finale Recap: Family ReunionThis soulful, vital American narrative deserves better.
    By Steven Boone
  9. overnights
    Roots Recap: Dueling GroundsThis is the grisly essence of so-called gentlemen and their “civilized” tradition.
    By Steven Boone
  10. overnights
    Roots Recap: The Only Thing That Is Greater Than YouAnother clunky installment of Roots, despite a few charming subtleties.
    By Steven Boone
  11. the vulture tv podcast
    Did We Need a Roots Remake?Debating the merits of remaking the classic mini-series.
    By Gazelle Emami and Matt Zoller Seitz
  12. conversations
    Roots’ Cast and Creators on Brutality on TV“I would rather someone say to me, ‘I couldn’t watch that, it was too painful,’ than, ‘You didn’t do that as authentically as you could have.’”
    By Stacey Wilson Hunt
  13. legacies
    Why Roots Was So ImportantThe nearly 40 years haven’t dimmed its ability to illuminate one of the grimmest aspects of U.S. history.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  14. tv review
    The New Roots Is More Scathing and Pulls Fewer PunchesThe updated mini-series is more passionate, more sweeping, considerably angrier, and more disgusted by the physical and moral atrocities it depicts.
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
  15. the industry
    Roots Is Still One of the Biggest TV Success Stories EverIt blows The Walking Dead out of the water.
    By Josef Adalian
  16. trailer mix
    Watch the Trailer for the Roots RemakeEmmy, anyone?
    By Dee Lockett
  17. the industry
    Roots Remake Adds Goode, T.I., Phifer, PurefoyToo many Roots!
    By Nate Jones
  18. the vulture transcript
    John Amos on MTM and Racism on SetPlus, his rocky years on Good Times.
    By Josef Adalian
  19. the industry
    Roots Remake Finds Its CastAnika Noni Rose joins newcomers Malachi Kirby and Regé-Jean Page.
    By Nate Jones
  20. the industry
    Laurence Fishburne to Play Alex Haley in Roots RemakeThe remake will be a “contemporary version” of Haley’s novel.
    By Nate Jones
  21. chat room
    LeVar Burton on Roots, Reading Rainbow“There was an America before Roots, and there was an America after Roots.”
    By Josef Adalian
  22. the industry
    A Roots Remake Is Officially HappeningIt’ll air simultaneously on History, A&E, and Lifetime.
    By Dee Lockett
  23. these reboots were made for walking
    History Channel Is Remaking RootsLevar Burton: “My initial reaction was, Why?” 
    By Jesse David Fox
  24. movies
    Levar Burton on 12 Years a Slave, 36 Years After RootsJust like happened after his 1976 miniseries, he suspects that people will unfortunately snap back to their entrenched racial beliefs.
    By Eric Benson
  25. shopping
    Douglas Coupland, Fashion DesignerThe novelist teams up with Roots.
    By Willa Paskin
  26. news reel
    ‘Roots’ Anniversary Edition Plagiarizing … Again?