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Title Roots [videorecording] / David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; produced by Stan Margulies ; written by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses.

Imprint Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, [2007], c1977.

Copies

Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl DVD Collection  DVD Roots    ---  Available
Edition 30th anniversary ed.
Description 4 videodiscs (573 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note Based on the novel by Alex Haley.
Special features: Disc 4: "Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation" newly created featurette ; "Roots: one year later" documentary ; audio commentary from key cast members including LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, and Ed Asner.
Credits Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; original music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; costume designer, Jack Martell.
Cast Maya Angelou, LeVar Burton, Edward Asner, O.J. Simpson, Ralph Waite, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Reed, Lorne Green, Lynda Day George, Vic Morrow, John Amos, Sandy Duncan, Leslie Uggams, George Hamilton, Richard Roundtree, Ben Vereen, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Cicely Tyson.
Event DVD release of the original ABC television broadcast, January, 1977.
Summary Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
Audience Not rated.
System Details DVD ; region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital.
Language Closed-captioned.
Awards Golden Globes (USA), 1978: Best TV-Series - Drama.
Emmy Awards, 1977: Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing for a Series ; Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) ; Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series ; Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series ; Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series ; Outstanding Limited Series ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series ; Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series.
Subject African American families -- Drama.
Slavery -- United States -- Drama.
Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Drama.
Spanish language materials
French language materials
African American families -- Drama.
Slavery -- United States -- Drama.
Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Drama.
Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama.
Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Drama.
Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama.
Genre/Form Television mini-series.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical -- Television mini-series.
Biographical -- Television mini-series.
Television serials.
Historical films.
Biographical television programs.
Added Author Margulies, Stan.
Blinn, William.
Cohen, M. Charles.
Kinoy, Ernest, 1925-2014.
Lee, James, 1923-2002
Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022.
Erman, John, 1935-2021.
Greene, David, 1921-2003.
Moses, Gilbert.
Angelou, Maya.
Burton, LeVar.
Asner, Edward.
Simpson, O. J., 1947-
Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014.
Gossett, Louis, 1936-
Reed, Robert, 1932-1992.
Green, Lorne.
George, Lynda Day.
Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982.
Amos, John, 1939-
Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
Uggams, Leslie.
Hamilton, George, 1939-
Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023.
Vereen, Ben.
Bridges, Lloyd.
Brown, Georg Stanford.
Tyson, Cicely, 1924-2021.
Fried, Gerald.
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Haley, Alex. Roots.
Wolper Productions.
Warner Bros. Television.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Added Title Roots (Television program)
ISBN 1419850210
9781419850219
Standard No. 085391144854
Music No. 114485 Warner Home Video
Standard No. AU@ 000042222402

 
    
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