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Why you should watch the Emmys this year
Anthony Anderson loses his mind, and Viola Davis, Regina King and Taraji P. Henson all receive repeat nominations
Culture
‘Free State of Jones’ is a lost opportunity
The history of Jones County, Mississippi, is fascinating — too bad the film doesn’t live up to it
Culture
Uprooted
Wounded. Wonderful. In ‘Roots,’ Emayatzy Corinealdi gets at the lemonade before ‘Lemonade’
Culture
Slave daze
People were money, babies were interest — a talk with the authors of ‘American Slave Coast’ about ‘Roots’ — and roots
Culture
This is your brain. This is your brain on ‘Roots.’
Modern reactions to a 40-year-old miniseries