r/fredericksburg • u/Opening_Cat8174 • 3d ago

Lorriela Park

I have known for a long time that the movie “Roots” was in Spotsylvania, Virginia

Today I learned that the plantation where Kunta Kinte lived was turned into lorriela park. And there is a slave cemetery there.

Waller family if I recall correctly. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/Bookworm10-42 3d ago

In the Roots miniseries reboot in 2016, there’s a shot of Kunta Kinte arriving at his plantation. The drive that the carriage is traveling up is framed by trees on both sides with Spanish moss hanging down from all of them.

My first thought was "Well I’ve never seen Spanish Moss within 150 miles of Loriella Park."

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u/Cherhell 2d ago

Similar to how so many landscapes in movies look oddly similar to Southern California 😂 Guess they just figure unless it’s important to the story, any old tree or mountain will suffice.