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Forest Whitaker, Anika Noni Rose, Derek Luke & More Join A&E’s ‘Roots’ Miniseries

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Forest Whitaker, Anika Noni Rose and Derek Luke have joined the cast of A&E’s Roots miniseries.

The eight-hour remake will air over four nights, presumably sometime in 2016.

Forest will play Fiddler, a slave who seeks to mentor Kunta Kinte; Anika has been cast as Kunta’s daughter Kizzy; and Derek will portray Silla Ba Dibba, a military trainer who makes warriors out of a teenage boys.

True Blood‘s Anna Paquin and a bevy of newcomers have also boarded the miniseries, joining previously announced cast members Laurence Fishburne, English actor Malachi Kirby (Kunta Kinte) and more.

Malachi Kirby

[via Deadline]

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