Roots 1977  TV, 573 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses
Cast: LeVar Burton, John Amos, Cicely Tyson, Thalmus Rasulala, Maya Angelou, O.J. Simpson, Ben Vereen, Moses Gunn, Leslie Uggams, Lynda Day George, Beverly Todd, Edward Asner, Madge Sinclair, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorne Greene
Alex Haley's classic story of his family history involving Kunta Kinte's (LeVar Burton) abduction in 18th-century Africa and then being sold into slavery and sent to America is the focus of Chapter 0ne in this six-part made-for-TV epic. The mini-series received 37 Emmy nominations and won nine. Chapters continue through Kunta's (now played by John Amos) marriage to Bell (Madge Sinclair) and the birth of their daughter Kizzie. Then the saga follows with the birth of Kizzie's (Leslie Uggams) son Chicken George (Ben Vereen) who grows up to buy his freedom and pave the way for future generations to live in freedom following the Civil War.
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Skyjacked 1972  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Sky Terror
Director: John Guillermin
Cast: Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Jeanne Crain, Susan Dey, Roosevelt Grier, Mariette Hartley, Walter Pidgeon, Leslie Uggams, Claude Akins, Ken Swofford, Nicholas Hammond, Mike Henry
A commercial jetliner piloted by Captain O'Hara (Charlton Heston) is skyjacked by a maniac (James Brolin) and is forced to fly to the Soviet Union.
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Sugar Hill 1994 R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Leon Ichaso
Cast: Wesley Snipes, Michael Wright, Theresa Randle, Abe Vigoda, Clarence Williams III, Ernie Hudson, Raymond Serra, Joe Dallesandro, Leslie Uggams, Vondie Curtis-Hall
On the surface, Roemello Skuggs (Wesley Snipes) has it all –girls, car, penthouse. However, he is haunted by his past and tries to fight the influences of Italian drug dealers.
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| 1. Roots (1977)
2. Skyjacked (1972)
aka: Sky Terror
3. Sugar Hill (1994)
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