- Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]
- Year Published: 2007
- Edition: 30th anniversary ed.
- Description: 1 videodisc (75 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Language: English
- Format: DVD
ISBN/Standard Number
- 085391144854
Series
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 -- Drama. -- Southern States
- African Americans -- Drama. -- History -- To 1863
- Southern States -- Drama. -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Southern States -- Drama. -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Confederate States of America -- Drama. -- History
- 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.
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Roots. Disc 4
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Where To Find It
Call number: DVD 929.2 Ha v.4
Available Copies: Downtown 1st Floor, Pittsfield Adult
Additional Details
Based on the novel by Alex Haley.
Originally broadcast on ABC, January 1977.
Special features: "Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation" newly created featurette; "Roots: one year later" documentary; audio commentary from key cast memebers including La Var Burton, Cicely Tyson and Ed Asner.
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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Great but too long
All four tapes are very long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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