Upcoming in 2016: Roots mini-series

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2016 should be an entertaining year for our book club. In addition to the movie version of Where’d Yo Go Bernadette‘s anticipated release (as we previously discussed), a remake of the Roots mini-series is due to air as a project of not just one but THREE television stations (History, A&E, and Lifetime). The actor playing the lead role of Kunta Kinte is English actor Malachi Kirby. We Americans have not seen Kirby in much, so most of us will be making his acquaintance in this role. However, also attached to the project are some names and faces we will recognize, including Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Anna Paquin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Anika Noni Rose. Looks like it will be a star-studded cast like the original mini-series. The epic story was much enjoyed by our book club, and the new mini-series will be eagerly anticipated.

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