Roots. Disc 1

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Based on the novel by Alex Haley.
Originally broadcast on ABC, January 1977.
Episode 1 -- Episode 2.
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.
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.
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Contents: Roots.

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Roots (Television program)

PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]
Year Published: 2007
Description: 1 videodisc (191 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: ILL

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Margulies, Stan.
Blinn, William.
Cohen, M. Charles.
Kinoy, Ernest.
Lee, James, 1923-
Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-
Erman, John, 1935-
Greene, David, 1921-
Moses, Gilbert.
Angelou, Maya.
Burton, LeVar.
Asner, Edward.
Simpson, O. J., 1947-
Waite, Ralph, 1928-
Gossett, Louis, 1936-
Reed, Robert, 1932-1992.
Green, Lorne.
George, Lynda Day.
Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982.
Amos, John, 1939-
Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
Uggams, Leslie.
Hamilton, George, 1939-
Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
Vereen, Ben.
Bridges, Lloyd.
Brown, Georg Stanford.
Tyson, Cicely.
Fried, Gerald.
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Haley, Alex
Wolper Productions.
Warner Bros. Television.
Warner Home Video (Firm)

SUBJECTS
African American families -- Drama.
Slavery -- Drama.
Slaveholders -- Southern 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.
Television mini-series.
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Historical -- Television mini-series.
Biographical -- Television mini-series.
Television serials.
Historical films.
Biographical television programs.