You are really far off the mark. Roots, the miniseries is based on a work of fiction. Alex Haley wrote a NOVEL and included some characters loosely based on some of his ancestors. I don’t recall him ever saying it was an accurate historical representation of true events and it is listed as literary FICTION. It is not even considered an historical novel of actual people and events such as the book The Killer Angels and the corresponding miniseries Gettysburg. The Roots miniseries departed even further from the novel in order to make it more acceptable for television.
“Cheyenne Autumn” in which Oklahoma looks remarkably like Monument Valley. Also there is an Indian in that movie who looks like he should be pitching “Riiiich Corrrrinthian leather.”
I guess I used a bad example. “sigh”
At least you didn’t call me a Roots hater.
Back when it played on TV, everyone I knew was under the impression it was a ‘true story’.
Here’s this, FWIW.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45084