Roots
Title
:
Roots
Uniform Title
:
Roots (Television program : 1977)
ISBN
:
9780780667167
Edition
:
30th anniversary ed.; standard version.
Publication Information
:
Burbank, CA : Warner Brothers Entertainment, c2011.
Physical Description
:
7 videodiscs (573 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note
:
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.
Personal Subject
:
Haley, Alex-Family-Drama.
Haley family-Drama.
Kinte family-Drama.
Subject Term
:
African Americans -- Drama.
Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama.
African American families -- Drama.
Slavery -- United States -- Drama.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Drama.
Geographic Term
:
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.
Genre
:
Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Added Author
:
Blinn, William.
Wolper, David L.
Margulies, Stan.
Cohen, M. Charles.
Kinoy, Ernest.
Lee, James, 1923-2002.
Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
Erman, John, 1935-2021
Greene, David, 1921-2003.
Moses, Gilbert.
Amos, John, 1939-
Angelou, Maya.
Asner, Edward.
Bridges, Lloyd.
Brown, Georg Stanford.
Burton, LeVar.
Carey, Macdonald.
Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992.
Crothers, Scat Man.
Davis, Brad, 1949-1991.
Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
George, Lynda Day.
Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
Greene, Lorne.
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993.
Hamilton, George, 1939-
Ives, Burl, 1909-1995.
Jones, Carolyn, 1930-1983.
McClure, Doug, 1935-1995.
McShane, Ian, 1942-
Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982.
Reed, Robert, 1932-1992.
Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023
Simpson, O. J., 1947-
Todd, Beverly, 1946-
Tyson, Cicely.
Uggams, Leslie.
Vereen, Ben.
Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
Larner, Stevan.
Fried, Gerald.
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Haley, Alex Roots.
Added Title
:
Remembering Roots.
Roots : one year later.
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.
System Details
:
DVD, REGION 1; DOLBY DIGITAL MONO.
Language Note
:
IN ENGLISH OR DUBBED SPANISH; WITH OPTIONAL ENGLISH, FRENCH OR SPANISH SUBTITLES.
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | DVD 929.20973 ROO 7 DISCS | Nonfiction DVDs |
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | DVD 929.20973 ROO 7 DISCS | Nonfiction DVDs |
Oakdale Library | DVD 929.20973 ROO 7 DISCS | Nonfiction DVDs |
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | DVD 929.20973 ROO 7 DISCS | Nonfiction DVDs |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | DVD 929.20973 ROO 7 DISCS | Nonfiction DVDs |
Wildwood Library (Mahtomedi) | DVD 929.20973 ROO 7 DISCS | Nonfiction DVDs |