Roots

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Based on the novel: Roots / by Alex Haley.
Special features : cast and crew commentaries with video option; documentaries.
Disc 5 menu screen erroniously states it is a double-sided disc.
Originally produced as a television miniseries in 1977.
"Presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition"--Container.
disc 1. Episode 1 / written for television by William Blinn and Ernest Kinoy; directed by David Greene -- disc 2. Episode 2 / written for television by Ernest Kinoy and William Blinn; directed by David Greene (1st hour), John Erman (2nd hour) -- disc 3. Episode 3 / written for television by James Lee and William Blinn; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky -- disc 4. Episode 4 / written for television by James Lee (1st hour), M. Charles Cohen (2nd hour) ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky -- disc 5. Episode 5 / written for television by James Lee and William Blinn (1st hour), M. Charles Cohen (2nd hour); directed by Gilbert Moses -- disc 6. Episode 6 / written for television by M. Charles Cohen; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky; Remembering Roots (2002 ; ca. 19 min.) -- disc 7. Roots: one year later (1978; ca. 48 min.); Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation (2007 ; 20 min.)
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.
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.
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono ; standard screen.
Contents: Roots.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Great story submitted by tbbrown76 on July 7, 2018, 11:03pm Launched the careers of several folk. A must see.
Tom

Thought-provoking submitted by KMLB64 on July 10, 2022, 7:56am When the finale to this series aired, 51 percent of all households with televisions watched it. It remains one of the most popular shows of all time. I find that fascinating. When I graduated from a large suburban Detroit elementary school in 1976, no students or staff were black. People have been stopped for “driving while black” for decades since. George Floyd recently was murdered by police. So I was surprised that 1. People were watching the show and 2. Not a whole lot changed. Riveting performances by major and then- upcoming actors of the day. Reading Rainbow, Good Times, Mary Tyler Moore, The Waltons and even Brady Bunch actors have roles!