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Roots (2016 Miniseries)
''Roots'' is a 2016 American miniseries and a remake of the 1977 miniseries with the same name, based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel, '' Roots: The Saga of an American Family'', which follows an 18th-century Mandinka man who is enslaved and shipped from The Gambia to the Colony of Virginia and his descendants. It first aired on May 30, 2016, and stars Malachi Kirby, Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anika Noni Rose, T.I. and South African actress Nokuthula Ledwaba. It was produced on a budget of $50 million. Plot Part 1 In 1767, Kunta Kinte ( Malachi Kirby) is a young Mandinka man from Jufureh in The Gambia, a country in West Africa. One day, Kunta is taken into the jungle with other Mandinka youth as part of their training to become warriors. During a test where Kunta is made to run through the jungle in a certain period of time, he sees a man's dead body lying in a canoe. Kunta then sees the rival Koro family in another group of canoes, hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents history, historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as artistic license, creative dialogue or scenes which compress separate events. The biographical film is a type of historical drama which generally focuses on a single individual or well-defined group. Historical dramas can include romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. Historical drama can be differentiated from historical fiction, which generally present fictional characters and events against a backdrop of historical events. A period piece may be set in a vague or general era such as the Middle Ages, or a specific period such as the Roaring Twenties, or the recent past. Scholarship In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Goode
Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor. He made his screen debut in 2002 with ABC's television film '' Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister''. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy '' Chasing Liberty'' (2004), for which he received a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films, such as Woody Allen's '' Match Point'' (2005), the romantic comedy '' Imagine Me and You'' (2006), and the period drama '' Copying Beethoven'' (2006). He earned praise for his performances as Charles Ryder in the 2008 film adaptation of the novel ''Brideshead Revisited'' and as Ozymandias in the superhero film ''Watchmen'' (2009). He then starred in the romantic comedy ''Leap Year'' (2010) and Australian drama ''Burning Man'' (2011), the latter earning him a nomination for Best Actor at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards. His other film roles include '' The Lookout'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Packer Productions
William Packer (born April 11, 1974) is an American film producer who founded Will Packer Productions, and Will Packer Media. Packer has produced or executive produced a wide range of movies that have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide at the box office, including 10 films that have opened at number one. He has produced more than 30 features including big-screen hit comedies such as '' Think Like a Man'' (2012), '' Ride Along'' (2014), '' Think Like a Man Too'' (2014), '' The Wedding Ringer'' (2015), '' Girls Trip'' (2017), '' Night School'' (2018), '' What Men Want'' (2019) and '' Little (2019).'' Packer produced the 2022 Academy Awards Oscars ceremony. In 2024, he became a limited partner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons (2024). Early life and education Packer was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. He graduated from St. Petersburg High School in 1991 and began attending Florida A&M University that fall. In 1996, Packer graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wolper Organization
David Lloyd Wolper (January 11, 1928 – August 10, 2010) was an American television and film producer, responsible for shows such as ''Roots'', ''The Thorn Birds'', and '' North and South'', and the theatrically-released films ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (1971) and '' L.A. Confidential''. He was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 57th Academy Awards in 1985 for his work producing the opening and closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, as well as helping to bring the games there. His 1971 film (as executive producer) about the study of insects, '' The Hellstrom Chronicle'', won an Academy Award. Biography Wolper was born in New York City, into an eastern European Jewish family, the son of Anna (née Fass) and Irving S. Wolper. He briefly attended Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa before transferring to the University of Southern California. Wolper directed the 1959 documentary '' The Race for Space'', which was nominated for a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Menzies Jr
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, a Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), a Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather * ''Peter'' (album), a 1972 album by Peter Yarrow * ''Peter'', a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * "Peter", 2024 song by Taylor Swift from '' The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology'' Animals * Peter (Lord's cat), cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeVar Burton
Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host. He played Geordi La Forge in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994), Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries ''Roots'' (1977), and was the host of the PBS Kids educational television series '' Reading Rainbow'' for 23 years (1983–2006). Burton received 12 Daytime Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award as host and executive producer of ''Reading Rainbow''. His other roles include Cap Jackson in ''Looking for Mr. Goodbar'' (1977), Donald Lang in ''Dummy'' (1979), Tommy Price in ''The Hunter'' (1980), which earned him an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture, and Martin Luther King Jr. in ''Ali'' (2001). Burton received the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album at the 42nd Annual Grammy Awards for his narration of the book ''The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr''. In 1990, he was honored for his accomplishments in television with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Toberoff
Marc Toberoff is an intellectual property attorney specializing in copyright and entertainment litigation. Early life and education Marc Toberoff attended McGill University before earning a J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1980. Soon after graduating from Columbia Law School, Toberoff worked as what he referred to as a “glorified gofer” for director Robert Altman. Career Toberoff has represented writers and other creators in numerous high-profile disputes and has been recognized by ''Forbes Magazine'', ''The Hollywood Reporter'',"Power Lawyers 2011," The Hollywood Reporter, July 13, 2011/ref> ''Variety'', and the ''Los Angeles Business Journal'' as among the most influential intellectual property attorneys in the entertainment industry. Notable cases ''Moonrunners L.P. v. Time Warner Inc.'' In 2005, Toberoff secured a preliminary injunction against the Warner Bros. release of its ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' movie on behalf of the owners of the indie film, '' Moonrunne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Packer
William Packer (born April 11, 1974) is an American film producer who founded Will Packer Productions, and Will Packer Media. Packer has produced or executive produced a wide range of movies that have grossed more than $1 billion worldwide at the box office, including 10 films that have opened at number one. He has produced more than 30 features including big-screen hit comedies such as ''Think Like a Man'' (2012), '' Ride Along'' (2014), ''Think Like a Man Too'' (2014), '' The Wedding Ringer'' (2015), ''Girls Trip'' (2017), ''Night School'' (2018), ''What Men Want'' (2019) and '' Little (2019).'' Packer produced the 2022 Academy Awards Oscars ceremony. In 2024, he became a limited partner of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons (2024). Early life and education Packer was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. He graduated from St. Petersburg High School in 1991 and began attending Florida A&M University that fall. In 1996, Packer graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ike Amadi
Ikechukwu Prince Amadi (born 26 November 1979) is a Nigerian voice actor. He is known for voicing Javik in ''Mass Effect 3'', Jameson Locke in '' Halo 5: Guardians'', Atriox in ''Halo Infinite'', Shao Kahn in ''Mortal Kombat 11'' and ''Mortal Kombat 1'', Atrocitus in '' Injustice 2'', and the Democracy Officer in '' Helldivers 2''. Early life Amadi was born in Nigeria, on 26 November 1979. He and his family moved to the United States, where he attended and graduated from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. Career Amadi has provided the voice of Jax Briggs Jackson Briggs, known mononymously as Jax, is a character in the ''Mortal Kombat'' fighting game franchise by Midway Games and NetherRealm Studios. Introduced in '' Mortal Kombat II'' (1993) as the leader of a Special Forces unit, he became a m ... in the direct-to-video animated films '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge'' (2020) and '' Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms'' (2021), respectively. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lane Garrison
Lane Garrison is an American actor best known for the role of Tweener on the television series ''Prison Break''. He appeared in the pilot episode of the El Rey Network, El Rey network's series From Dusk till Dawn: The Series, ''From Dusk till Dawn''. He played Buck Barrow in the 2013 television miniseries ''Bonnie & Clyde (miniseries), Bonnie & Clyde''. He starred opposite Kristen Stewart in the 2012 film ''Camp X-Ray (film), Camp X-Ray''. Early life Garrison grew up in Richardson, Texas. Due to the troubled relationship with his mother, Garrison moved out at seventeen and turned to the family minister, Joe Simpson (manager), Joe Simpson, who is also the manager and father of pop stars Jessica Simpson, Jessica and Ashlee Simpson. Garrison lived with the Simpson family for a year. He graduated from J.J. Pearce High School in 1998, and at eighteen, he drove to Los Angeles with ambitions to become an actor. In 2005, he had a major break when he assumed the role of David "Tweener" Ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regé-Jean Page
Regé-Jean Page () is a British actor known for his role in the first series of Netflix's period drama ''Bridgerton'' in 2020. He has also appeared in the series '' Waterloo Road'' (2015) on BBC One, ''Roots'' (2016) on History, and '' For the People'' (2018–2019) on ABC, and has since had roles in the action film '' The Gray Man'' (2022), the fantasy film '' Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves'' (2023), and the spy caper '' Black Bag'' (2025). Early life and education Regé-Jean Page was born to an English preacher and a Zimbabwean nurse in London, England. He has a brother, Tose Page, and was once in a band with him. They also worked together as a duo named Tunya. He spent his childhood in his mother's native Harare before moving to London for secondary school, where he took up acting as a hobby and studied sound engineering at the Northern Technical College. After two years of auditioning, he matriculated at Drama Centre London. Career Page's first acting role was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erica Tazel
Erica Tazel (born 1977) is an American theatre and television actress best known for the role of US Deputy Marshal Rachel Brooks in the FX television series '' Justified'' (2010–2015). Life and career Tazel holds a B.A. from Spelman College and an M.F.A. from New York University's Graduate Acting Program.http://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/justified/cast.php, entry "Erica Tazel", accessed 3 December 2012 She made her professional acting debut at the New York Shakespeare Festival’s '' The Winter’s Tale'' (2000); further roles include at the Royal Shakespeare Company's ''Cymbeline'', and an off-Broadway appearance in Playwrights Horizons' ''Juvenilia''. Tazel was nominated for the L.A. Drama Critics Circle award for Lead Performance, for her work in ''I Have Before Me a Remarkable Document Given To Me by a Young Lady from Rwanda'' (role of Juliette, 2007) at The Colony Theatre in Burbank, CA, and received the NAACP Theatre Award for Best Lead Female (2007) for that same ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
