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Author:

Roots (Television program)

Title:

Roots [videorecording] / developed for television by William Blinn ; executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margulies ; written for television by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses ; a David L. Wolper production.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Edition:

30th anniversary ed.

Publisher:

Warner Home Video,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

4 videodiscs (573 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Haley, Alex--Family--Drama.
Haley family--Drama.
Jackson family--Drama.
Kinte family--Drama.
Moore family--Drama.
African Americans--Drama.
African American families--Drama.
Slavery--United States--Drama.
African Americans--History--Drama.
Southern States--History--Drama.
United States--History--Drama.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Fiction television programs.
Television mini-series.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Blinn, William.
Wolper, David L.
Margulies, Stan.
Cohen, M. Charles.
Kinoy, Ernest.
Lee, James, 1923-2002.
Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-
Erman, John, 1935-
Greene, David, 1921-2003.
Moses, Gilbert.
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Haley, Alex. Roots.
Wolper Productions.
Warner Home Video (Firm)

Other Titles:

Remembering Roots.
Phenomenon of Roots.
Roots : one year later.
Crossing over : how Roots captivated an entire nation.

Notes:

John Amos, Maya Angelou, Edward Asner, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, LeVar Burton, Macdonald Carey, Olivia Cole, Gary Collins, Chuck Connors, Scatman Crothers, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Brad Davis, Sandy Duncan, Lynda Day George, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorne Greene, Moses Gunn, George Hamilton, Hilly Hicks, Burl Ives, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Carolyn Jones, Doug McClure, Ian McShane, Lynne Moody, Vic Morrow, Thalmus Rasulala, Robert Reed, Harry Rhodes, Richard Roundtree, Raymond St. Jacques, John Schuck, Paul Shenar, O.J. Simpson, Madge Sinclair, Beverly Todd, Cicely Tyson, Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen, Ralph Waite, William Watson, Ren Woods. Based on the novel: Roots / by Alex Haley. Originally produced as a television miniseries in 1977. Special features (discs 1 & 2): optional audio commentary for each episode by Wolper & various cast members; video highlights from the audio commentary recording sessions. Special features (disc 3): optional audio commentary for each episode by Wolper & various cast members; video highlights from the audio commentary recording sessions; "Roots" family tree; "Remembering 'Roots'" featurette (c2002, 19 min.). Special features (disc 4): "The phenomenon of 'Roots'" (aka: "'Roots' : one year later") television documentary (c1978, 48 min.) ; "Crossing over : how 'Roots' captivated an entire nation" featurette (c2007, 20 min.). "Presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition"--Container.

Summary:

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.

ISBN:

9781419850219
1419850210

OCLC:

(OCoLC)81146919

UPC:

085391144854

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