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| − | [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001283 Louis Gossett Jr.] (1936-2024) won an Emmy for his role in the 1977 television mini series [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/ Roots] as the fiddle-playing enslaved worker who is supposed to teach the new enslaved field worker and lead character Kunta Kinte. | + | [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001283 Louis Gossett Jr.] (1936-2024) won an Emmy for his role in the 1977 television mini series [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/ Roots] as the fiddle-playing enslaved worker who is supposed to teach the new enslaved field worker and lead character Kunta Kinte. Both actors reappear as these characters in the 1988 television film [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096009 Roots: The Gift]. |
In the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315386 2016 remake of Roots], Fiddler was played by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001845 Forest Whitaker]. | In the [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3315386 2016 remake of Roots], Fiddler was played by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001845 Forest Whitaker]. | ||
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Revision as of 10:20, 30 March 2024
Louis Gossett Jr. (1936-2024) won an Emmy for his role in the 1977 television mini series Roots as the fiddle-playing enslaved worker who is supposed to teach the new enslaved field worker and lead character Kunta Kinte. Both actors reappear as these characters in the 1988 television film Roots: The Gift.
In the 2016 remake of Roots, Fiddler was played by Forest Whitaker.
