LeVar Burton Celebrates 'Roots' Anniversary With Production Anecdotes
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hollywoodreporter.comLeVar Burton on Saturday celebrated the 44th anniversary of Roots by pulling back the curtain on the production. Based on the late Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family,the renowned television miniseries premiered on ABC on Jan.
23, 1977. Burton, who playedyoungKunta Kinte, began to reminisce via Twitter by saying he was only 19 years old and a theater major at the University of Southern California when cast in the role. "My first day on the set the legendary @IAmCicelyTyson played my mother, Bings Kinte. @DrMayaAngelou played my grandmother, Nyo Boto.
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