Roots: The Complete Collection DVD Review (2007)

From Warner, this comprehensive 10-disc set celebrates the 30th anniversary of Alex Haley’s original 1977 saga, an unparalleled event that remains one of the most-watched mini-series of all time--and for good reason.

The show remains engrossing, devastating, expertly acted and written; it’s television at its best and it has lost none of its emotional punch.

Also included are “Roots: The Next Generation,” in which the story continues with several new characters, and the holiday movie, “Roots: The Gift,” which is the weakest of the lot.

The original mini-series, though, is indeed worth revisiting.

It loses none of its sweep and sting as it follows the harrowing journey of Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) after he’s kidnapped from West Africa and shipped to the states to be a slave.

Watching the series again, you realize just how far network television has fallen from the greatness it once enjoyed. When was the last time they mounted anything as important as this?

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