Directed by Bruce Beresford Written by Alex Haley   Lawrence Konner   Mark Rosenthal   Cast Laurence Fishburne ... Alex Haley Herman Netzhammer ... Braggart townfolk Lane Garrison ... Frederick Murray Tip 'T.I.' Harris ... Cyrus (as Tip 'T.I.' Harris) Jonathan Rhys Meyers ... Tom Lea Regé-Jean Page ... Chicken George Anna Paquin ... Nancy Holt Mekhi Phifer ... Jerusalem Erica Tazel ... Matilda Sedale Threatt Jr. ... Tom Emayatzy Corinealdi ... Belle Malachi Kirby ... Kunta Kinte Nokuthula Ledwaba ... Binta Kinte (as Nokuthula Nonozi Ledwaba) Derek Luke ... Silla Ba Dibba Babs Olusanmokun ... Omoro Kinte (as Babatunde Olusanmokun) Anika Noni Rose ... Kizzy Forest Whitaker ... Fiddler Mark Ashworth ... County Crier Lucius Baston ... Reverend Garland Kyle Baughman ... Banjo Playing Soldier Jackson Beals ... Major General Forrest Brandon Bracey ... Boseman Kesha Bullard Lewis ... Lilly Su Jason Carter ... Viscount Shaw Ian Casselberry ... Tyler Ladson Deyne ... Major Wimsatt Adam Fergus ... Sir Eric Russell Henry Frost ... Ballard Renell Gibbs ... Black Soldier Jaedon Godley ... Uriah Carlacia Grant ... Irene Kelvin Harrison Jr. ... Winslow Joy Jacobson ... Charlotte Murray Betty Jeune ... Slave Girl Sam Malone ... Ashford Spence Maughon ... Red-Haired Corporal Carl Palmer ... Overseer Toomey Wayne Pére ... Benjamin Murray (as Wayne Pere) Terence Rosemore ... Orly Aaron K Smalls ... Barefoot Ex-Slave (as Aaron Smalls) Frankie Smith ... James Brandon Stacy ... Clingman Matt Story ... Captain Pratt Carol Sutton ... Miss Malizy Jay Thames ... Teamster Donald Elise Watkins ... Virgil (as Donald Watkins) James Yeargain ... Private Kirk H. Andersen ... English Gambler Jeff Caperton ... Sir Atkins Pierre Cavalier ... Town Folk Michelle L. Clarke ... Wealthy Passbyers Juan Gaspard ... Union Soldier Creole Gaudet ... Cannoneer Catherine Humphrey ... Maria Donald M. Krause ... Wager Clerk Aaron Martin ... Vance Brittany Monet ... Little Kizzy (as Brittany M. Parker) Tevin Paul ... Memphis Battery Band David Shiflett ... Chicken Fight Gambler Kerry Sims ... Slave Joseph Singletary ... Luther Jordan Smith ... Bushwhacker Lisha Wheeler ... Murray Slave Sam Woodworth ... Confederate Soldier (as Samuel A. Woodworth) Uncredited Cast Jared Antoline ... Union Soldier Jon Arthur ... Confederate Shooter Ryan Carlos Castro ... Bushwhacker Ron Centanni ... Confederate Soldier Produced by LeVar Burton   Alissa M. Kantrow   Ann Kindberg   Karen Mayeda Vranek   Will Packer   Mike Stiller   Marc Toberoff   Korin Williams   Mark Wolper   Original Music by Alex Heffes

Additional Info Premiere: June 02, 2016 DVD Release: August 23, 2016 Country: Distributor: Lions Gate Home Entertainment Websites: Production Companies Film Afrika Worldwide History Channel The Wolper Organization Will Packer Productions Distributors History Channel   (2016) (USA) (TV) A+E Networks   (2016) (USA) (TV) Lifetime Television   (2016) (USA) (TV) Rating Stats Overall Rating -- / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #4,896 / 20,886 Site Ranking