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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 African man who is shipped to North America as a slave and his descendents. 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 region of 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, hunting for slaves to sell to European slave trade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historical Drama
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romance film, romances, adventure films, and swashbucklers. 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 Films set in historical times have always been some of the most popular works. D. W. Griffith's ''The Birth of a Nation'' and Buster Keaton's ''The General (1926 film), The General'' are examples of popular early American works set during the U.S. Civil War. In different eras different subgenres have risen to popularity, such as the westerns and sword and sandal films that dominated North American cinema in the 1950s. The ''costume drama'' is often separated as a genre of historical dramas. Early critics defined them as films focusing on romance and relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Goode
Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is a British actor. Goode made his screen debut in 2002 with American Broadcasting Company, ABC's TV film feature ''Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister#Adaptation, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister''. His breakthrough role was in the romantic comedy ''Chasing Liberty'' (2004), for which he received a nomination at Teen Choice Awards for Choice Breakout Movie Star – Male. He then appeared in a string of supporting roles in films like Woody Allen's ''Match Point'' (2005), the German-British romantic comedy ''Imagine Me and You'' (2006), and the period drama ''Copying Beethoven'' (2006). He won praise for his performance as Charles Ryder in Julian Jarrold's adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's ''Brideshead Revisited (film), Brideshead Revisited'' (2008), and as Ozymandias (Watchmen), Ozymandias in the American neo-noir superhero film ''Watchmen (film), Watchmen'' (2009), based on the Watchmen, comics by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. He then starred i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Packer Productions
Will 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).'' He also produced the 2022 Academy Awards Oscars ceremony, and received a 2022 Emmy award nomination as Producer, Outstanding Variety Special Live, for the Oscars. 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 mag ... [...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 ''L.A. Confidential'' and ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' (1971). 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. Life and career 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 nomi ... [...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, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), 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 Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
LeVar Burton
Levar Burton Jr. (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, director, and television host, best known for playing Geordi La Forge in '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (1987–1994). He also played Kunta Kinte in the ABC miniseries ''Roots'' (1977), and was host of the PBS Kids educational television series ''Reading Rainbow'' for more than 23 years (1983–2006). He 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 achievements in television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Toberoff
Marc Toberoff is an intellectual property attorney specializing in copyright and entertainment litigation. He is known for representing the estates of Superman's co-creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, in ongoing litigation with Warner Bros. and DC Comics over the original copyrights to ''Superman''. The lawsuit has become a seminal case regarding the Copyright Act's termination provisions, which permit authors and their estates to recover their copyrights after lengthy time periods. In 2008, Toberoff secured a favorable ruling in the U. S. District Court for the Central District of California. ("After seventy years, Jerome Siegel's heirs regain what he granted so long ago-the copyright in the Superman material that was published in Action Comics, Vol. 1."). In 2013, after a part of that decision was reversed on appeal, final judgment was entered upholding the heirs' termination as to Siegel and Shuster's original Superman story and other early works. Toberoff also represents th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Packer
Will 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).'' He also produced the 2022 Academy Awards Oscars ceremony, and received a 2022 Emmy award nomination as Producer, Outstanding Variety Special Live, for the Oscars. 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 l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ike Amadi
Ikechukwu Prince Amadi (born November 26, 1979) is a Nigerian voice actor. He is known for voicing Javik in ''Mass Effect 3'', Spartan Jameson Locke in '' Halo 5: Guardians'', and the DC Comics villain Atrocitus in ''Injustice 2 ''Injustice 2'' is a 2017 fighting game, fighting video game it is the sequel to 2013's ''Injustice: Gods Among Us'' and is the second installment in the ''Injustice (franchise), Injustice'' franchise based upon the DC Universe. It is developed ...''. He is also a founding father of MOPAC. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links * Living people African-American male actors American male video game actors American male voice actors American people of Nigerian descent Nigerian male voice actors University of Missouri alumni University of Missouri–Kansas City alumni 21st-century American male actors 1979 births 21st-century African-American people 20th-century African-American people {{US-voice-a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lane Garrison
Lane Edward Garrison (born May 23, 1980) is an American actor best known for the role of David "Tweener" Apolskis on the television series ''Prison Break''. He appeared in the pilot episode of the El Rey network's series ''From Dusk till Dawn''. He played Buck Barrow in the 2013 television miniseries ''Bonnie & Clyde''. He starred opposite Kristen Stewart in the 2014 film '' Camp X-Ray''. Early life Garrison was born in Dallas, Texas, on May 23, 1980, and raised in Richardson, Texas. Due to the troubled relationship with his mother, Garrison moved out at seventeen and turned to the family minister, Joe Simpson, who is also the manager and father of pop stars 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" Apolskis on the television series ''Prison Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regé-Jean Page
Regé-Jean Page (; born Regererai Page on 27 April 1988) is a British actor. He is known for his breakout role in the first series of the Netflix period drama ''Bridgerton'' (2020). Acting professionally since 2001, Page has also appeared in BBC's '' Waterloo Road'' (2015), History Channel's ''Roots'' (2016), and ABC's '' For the People'' (2018–2019). He has also played a supporting role in the Netflix action film ''The Gray Man'' (2022). Early life and education Page was born Regererai Page in London, England, to a Zimbabwean mother who was a nurse and an English father who was a preacher. He is the third of four children, and was in a band with his brother. He spent his childhood in Harare, Zimbabwe, before returning to London for secondary school where he took up acting as a hobby, and studied sound engineering at the National Youth Theatre. After two years of auditioning, Page was accepted at Drama Centre London. Career Early work (2001–2019) Page's first acting r ... [...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 Marshall 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 sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
