History Channel Premieres “Roots” Remake

. History Channel‘s remake of the 1977 miniseries Roots debuted on Memorial Day.

The series retells the tale of Kunta Kinte played by Malachi Kirby, the African man sold into slavery in the 1700s

The cast include Rapper Tip “T.I” Harris who plays Cyrus,Oscar winner Forest Whitaker as Fiddler, Anna Paquin as  Nancy Holt, Laurence Fishburne as Alex Healey, Mathew Good as Dr William Waller,Anika as Kizzi 

  T.I said.

“This is the information age, so we are supposed to provide the new generation with all the information the earth has to offer, so although there has been an informative piece—then the most watched series ever on television—that came out of 1977, they are not going to watch it because it just feels a little dated, When a child who is 16 or 17 years old puts it on, it’s more of a job then watching it simply because of the way it looks. I think right now, in order to give the story to the next generation and this generation, we have to update and we have to add in more pieces that inform them and give them more perspective on life before slavery.”

The show airs on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday at 9 pPM on The History Channel, Lifetime, and A+E.

Watch the trailer here: