so the history channel is remaking Roots.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZwaqFhs9fo
From the trailer it looks like a weak version. maybe im just biased coz i remember watching the original back in the day on Sunday nights on KTN(i think!) and going to school depressed as hell.
To jog your memory, here is a look at the original:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSJUgws9M-E
Although it does looks ridiculously dated now. But it was so raw back then