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Title:

Roots [videorecording] : the next generation / a David L. Wolper Production in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Format:

[videorecording] :

Publisher:

Warner Home Video,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

4 videodiscs (690 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Haley, Alex--Family--Drama.
Haley family--Drama.
Kinte family--Drama.
African American families--Drama.
African Americans--Segregation--United States--Drama.
African Americans--History--Drama.
Roots (Television program)--Criticism and interpretation.
Esclavitud--Estados Unidos--Teatro.
Afronorteamericanos--Historia--Teatro.
Television mini-series--United States.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Brando, Marlon.
Brown, Georg Stanford.
Dubin, Charles.
Margulies, Stan.
Merrill, Dina.
Carroll, Diahann.
Casey, Bernie.
Culp, Robert, 1930-
Jones, James Earl.
Allen, Debbie, 1950-
Chamberlin, Lee.
Cara, Irene, 1959-
Broderick, James.
Dee, Ruby.
Fell, Norman, 1924-1998.
Thomas, Richard, 1951-
De Havilland, Olivia.
Harewood, Dorian.
Haley, Alex.
Richards, Lloyd.
Erman, John, 1935-
Wolper, David L.
Warner Bros. Television.
Warner Home Video (Firm)

Notes:

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.

ISBN:

9781419846908
1419846906

OCLC:

(OCoLC)191675776

UPC:

085391125358

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