After showing Roots in its entirety on Monday, and Roots: The Next Generations yesterday, BET wraps up the sprawling Alex Haley story of his ancestors by presenting this 1993 miniseries. It explores the paternal branches of Haley’s family tree – and gives Halle Berry an early, significant starring role (the titular one) as Haley’s grandmother. Co-stars include Ossie Davis, Ann-Margret, Tim Daly and, in an early role, Frances Conroy, currently serving as the angel of deat on FX’s American Horror Story: Asylum.

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