Roots
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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
13 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
883929161867

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Based on the novel by Alex Haley.
General Note
Originally broadcast on ABC, January 1977.
General Note
Special features: Disc 4: "The triumph of 'Roots'" newly created featurette; "Roots: one year later" documentary; audio commentary from key cast memebers including La Var Burton, Cicely Tyson and Ed Asner.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; original music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; costume designer, Jack Martell.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The sage 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 where Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language
Closed-captioned.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Margulies, S., Blinn, W., Cohen, M. C., Kinoy, E., Lee, J., Chomsky, M. J., Erman, J., Greene, D., Moses, G., Angelou, M., Burton, L., Asner, E., Simpson, O. J., Waite, R., Gossett, L., Reed, R., Green, L., George, L. D., Morrow, V., Amos, J., Duncan, S., Uggams, L., Hamilton, G., Roundtree, R., Vereen, B., Bridges, L., Brown, G. S., Tyson, C., Fried, G., Jones, Q., & Haley, A. (201820071977). Roots . Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stan. Margulies et al.. 201820071977. Roots. Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stan. Margulies et al.. Roots Warner Home Video, 201820071977.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Margulies, Stan., et al. Roots Warner Home Video, 201820071977.

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