Roots (2016) 
TV Show
Drama
Historical
War
TV Show
Drama
Historical
War
Updated: 14 July 2024
No rape or sexual assault
Rape or sexual assault mentioned, discussed, implied
Sexual harassment e.g non-consensual grabbing, touching, cat-calling)
Sexual relationship between adult and teenager
Child sex abuse
Incest
Attempted rape
Rape off-screen or strongly implied
Rape on-screen

Description

S1E1 Part 1: a main female character is brutally attacked and dragged to a slave ship captain's quarters to be raped. This happens twice. S1E2 Part 2: a plantation owner's daughter tells her friend, who is enslaved, that it is her right to see her private parts in a joking tone. Also, the slave master says it is time that a girl is "bred" when she is 15. The same character is later raped on screen and forced to carry the pregnancy that results from the rape to term. S1E3 Part 3: a slavemaster continues to rape a main female character into adulthood. S1E4 Part 4: a woman is violently raped by multiple slavemasters while her husband is forced to watch.

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