ROOTS vs To Be A Slave

When reading To Be A Slave, one is encountered with slave narratives and only some visual media. In ROOTS, as it is a movie, it is a lot more visual and there is more room for inference through the pictures and audio. 

One is also encountered with the thoughts and anecdotes of old ex-slaves, who mainly recount the most memorable stories of all throughout their history as a slave. Their stories are in the past tense. ROOTS is more based on a younger, feistier person's perspective, one who is experiencing all of the horrors of slavery for the first time; the story is in present tense. 

Lastly, the narratives of To Be A Slave are varying with many different perspectives and slave masters. They range from the stories of the house slave to those of the plantation worker. ROOTS is more the story Kunta Kinte, a singular slave.