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04971cam a2200949 4500 001 9B58DDF840DC11DFB2DBBF39A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20150502030710 008 070718s1977||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 020 $a 1419850210 020 $a 9781419850219 024 10 $a 085391144854 040 $d SILO $d IaOe $d SILO 245 1 $a Roots $h [videorecording] / $c 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. 250 $a 30th anniversary ed ; Full screen ; DVD. 260 $a Burbank, CA : $b Warner Home Video, $c [2007], c1977. 300 $a 4 videodiscs (645 min.) : $b sd., col. ; $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a 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 memebers including LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, and Ed Asner. 500 $a DVD release of the original ABC television broadcast, January, 1977. 500 $a Based on the novel by Alex Haley. 508 $a Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; original music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; costume designer, Jack Martell. 511 0 $a 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. 520 $a 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. 521 1 $a Not rated. 538 $a DVD ; region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital. 541 $d 20070718. 546 $a Closed-captioned. 586 1 $a 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. 586 1 $a Golden Globes (USA), 1978: Best TV-Series - Drama. 650 0 $a Slavery $z United States $v Drama. 650 0 $a Slaveholders $z Southern States $v Drama. 650 0 $a Video recordings for the hearing impaired. 650 4 $a Historical films. 650 4 $a Television mini-series. 650 0 $a African Americans $x History $y To 1863 $v Drama. 650 0 $a African American families $v Drama. 651 0 $a Southern States $x History $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $v Drama. 651 0 $a Southern States $x History $y Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 $v Drama. 651 0 $a Confederate States of America $x History $v Drama. 655 7 $a Historical. $v Television mini-series. 655 7 $a Television serials. 655 0 $a Biographical television programs. 655 0 $a Historical television programs. 655 7 $a Biographical. $v Television mini-series. 700 $a Haley, Alex. 700 $a Jones, Quincy, $d 1933- 700 $a Fried, Gerald. 700 $a Tyson, Cicely. 700 $a Brown, Georg Stanford. 700 $a Bridges, Lloyd. 700 $a Vereen, Ben. 700 $a Roundtree, Richard, $d 1942- 700 $a Hamilton, George, $d 1939- 700 $a Uggams, Leslie. 700 $a Duncan, Sandy, $d 1946- 700 $a Amos, John, $d 1939- 700 $a Morrow, Vic, $d 1931-1982. 700 $a George, Lynda Day. 700 $a Green, Lorne. 700 $a Reed, Robert Carroll, $d 1937- 700 $a Gossett, Louis, $d 1936- 700 $a Waite, Ralph, $d 1928- 700 $a Simpson, O. J., $d 1947- 700 $a Asner, Edward. 700 $a Burton, LeVar. 700 $a Angelou, Maya. 700 $a Moses, Gilbert. 700 $a Greene, David L., $d 1944- 700 $a Erman, John, $d 1935- 700 $a Chomsky, Marvin J., $d 1929- 700 $a Lee, James, $d 1923- 700 $a Kinoy, Ernest. 700 $a Cohen, M. Charles. 700 $a Blinn, William. 700 $a Margulies, Stan. 710 $a Warner Home Video (Firm). 710 $a Warner Bros. Television. 710 $a Wolper Productions. 730 $a Roots (Television program.) 941 $a 1 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20100405152147.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9B58DDF840DC11DFB2DBBF39A8D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search