Back to his roots

Actor David Harewood travels across America to meet the Black heroes of his youth

- JEN PHARO

He's one of our best-loved actors, but David Harewood had to travel to America to break into acting and win the roles and opportunities he deserved.

Now the Homeland star is fronting a new BBC Two documentary called Get On Up: The Triumph Of Black America to shine a light on how African American performers changed culture across the world.

The series charts the rise of Motown, follows Sidney Poitier's Hollywood career and revisits the Blaxploitation films that redefined the movie business in the 70s.

But it was meeting Roots actor John Amos, who played enslaved Kunta Kinte, moved David that profoundly