Name: Showing Roots
Genre: Drama
Released: 2016-04-23

Showing Roots (2016)

Genre

Drama

Release Date

April 23, 2016

Studio

Lifetime

Official Site

http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/showing-roots

Information

Genre

Drama

Release Date

April 23, 2016

MPAA Rating

Duration

100 minute(s)

Production Budget

Studio

Lifetime

Official Site

http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/showing-roots

Cast and Crew

Director

Michael Wilson

Producer

Michael Mailer, Susan Batten, Nick Thurlow

Screenwriter

Susan Batten

Starring

Uzo Aduba as Pearl
Maggie Grace as Violet
Adam Brody as Bud
Elizabeth McGovern
Cicely Tyson as Hattie
J.D. Evermore
Ritchie Montgomery

Synopsis

Set in 1977, "Showing Roots" explores the pent up racial tensions of a small town through the eyes of two women (Maggie Grace, "Taken" and Uzo Aduba, "Orange is the New Black"), who work together at the local beauty parlor. They forge an unlikely friendship and become inspired to integrate their town when the miniseries "Roots" hits the airwaves â€“ much to the dismay of those around them.