A critics' reading. Yaszek sees Kindred's visceral account of slavery as a criticism of how the Roots miniseries softened it for television.
TV Series· 1977· Drama
Roots
by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman
Roots: 1 recorded work traces back to it, and it draws on 1 recorded source.
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Adapted within a year of publication and broadcast over eight consecutive nights, which was new, and watched by a larger share of American households than anything before it. The miniseries is the reason the book's account of a family traced back to Kunta Kinte entered general knowledge.