What’s even more important, “Roots” has been shown to be a hoax. See legal issues:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roots_(miniseries)
Yep, brotha’ stole the story, and made up the connections to his own ancestors. It was a good miniseries though. Almost as good as Rich Man Poor man with Nolte.
It was plagiarized. (Not a hoax in the sense of made up.)
I rent it once a year its a fine film... I play it backwards so it has a happy ending