Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora") — Roots Character Profile

About Mariano (segment "Nuestra Señora")

A local indigenous man in Chiapas whose community Jane Davis studies, representing the Tzotzil people whose customs and sensitivities challenge her academic assumptions.

Character Facts

Played by

Juan Hernández

Appears in

Roots (1954)

Role

Supporting

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• The Mother (segment "El Tuerto") (Antonia Hernández)
• Narrator (prologue) (Fernando Marcos)