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Author:

Roots (Television program : 1977)

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.; standard version.

Publisher:

Warner Brothers Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

7 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.
Slaveholders--Southern States--Drama.
African American families--Drama.
Slavery--United States--Drama.
African Americans--History--To 1863--Drama.
Southern States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Drama.
Southern States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Drama.
Confederate States of America--History--Drama.
United States--History--Drama.
Haley, Alex--Television adaptations.
Television mini-series.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Television adaptations.

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.
Amos, John, 1939-
Angelou, Maya.
Asner, Edward.
Bridges, Lloyd.
Brown, Georg Stanford.
Burton, LeVar.
Carey, Macdonald.
Cole, Olivia, 1942-
Collins, Gary, 1938-
Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992.
Crothers, Scat Man.
Cumbuka, Ji-Tu.
Davis, Brad, 1949-1991.
Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
George, Lynda Day.
Gossett, Louis, 1936-
Greene, Lorne.
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993.
Hamilton, George, 1939-
Hicks, Hilly, 1950-
Ives, Burl, 1909-1995.
Hilton-Jacobs, Lawrence, 1953-
Jones, Carolyn, 1930-1983.
McClure, Doug, 1935-1995.
McShane, Ian, 1942-
Moody, Lynne, 1950-
Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982.
Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991.
Reed, Robert, 1932-1992.
Rhodes, Hari.
Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-
Schuck, John, 1940-
Shenar, Paul.
Simpson, O. J., 1947-
Sinclair, Madge.
Todd, Beverly, 1946-
Tyson, Cicely.
Uggams, Leslie.
Vereen, Ben.
Waite, Ralph, 1928-
Watson, William, 1938-1997.
Woods, Ren.
Larner, Stevan.
Wilcots, Joseph M., 1939-
Heckert, James T.
Kirby, Peter.
Travis, Neil.
Fried, Gerald.
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Haley, Alex. Roots.

Other Titles:

Remembering 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 : cast and crew commentaries with video option; documentaries. "Presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition"--Container.

Contents:

disc 1. Episode 1 -- disc 2. Episode 2 -- disc 3. Episode 3 -- disc 4. Episode 4 -- disc 5. Episode 5 -- disc 6. 2002 documentary Remembering Roots -- disc 7. 2007 documentary Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation.

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:

9780780667167
0780667166

OCLC:

(OCoLC)754823522

UPC:

883929161867

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