Region 1, full screen; Dolby digital. Originally produced as a television mini-series in 1978-1979. Based on the books "Roots" and "Search" and additional material by Alex Haley. Debbie Allen, Barbara Barrie, Marlon Brando, James Broderick, Irene Cara, Diahann Carroll, Bernie Casey, Lee Chamberlin, Michael Constantine, Robert Culp, James Daly, Olivia De Havilland, Ruby Dee, Damon Evans, Norman Fell, Henry Fonda, Al Freeman, Jr., Pam Grier, Richard Thomas, Marc Singer, James Earl Jones, Paul Winfield. Special features: Behind-the scenes documentary Roots: the next generations: the legacy continues.
Contents:
[pt. 1.] Episodes 1-4 -- [pt. 2.] Episodes 5-7.
Summary:
Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots.
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