Roots
Title
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Roots
Uniform Title
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Roots (Television program : 2016)
Physical Description
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3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hrs., 29 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note
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Based on Alex Haley's best selling novel.
Special feature: Roots: A history revealed.
Personal Subject
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Haley, Alex-Family-Drama.
Kinte family-Drama.
Haley family-Drama.
Subject Term
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Slavery -- United States -- Drama.
Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama.
African Americans -- Drama.
Abolitionists -- United States -- Drama.
African American families -- Drama.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Drama.
Geographic Term
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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
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Historical television programs.
Biographical television programs
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Added Author
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Noyce, Phillip
Van Peebles, Mario
Carter, Thomas, 1953-
Beresford, Bruce
Coleman, Chad
Corinealdi, Emayatzy, 1980-
Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
Goode, Matthew, 1978-
T. I., 1980-
Kirby, Malachi, 1989-
Luke, Derek, 1974-
Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977-
Paquin, Anna
Phifer, Mekhi, 1975-
Purefoy, James, 1964-
Rose, Anika Noni, 1972-
Tazel, Erica
Whitaker, Forest
Heffes, Alex,
Miller, Philip, 1964-
Television adaptation of (work): Haley, Alex Roots.
Added Corporate Author
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History (Television network)
Summary
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The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.
System Details
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DVD; NTSC, REGION 1, WIDESCREEN (1.78:1) PRESENTATION; DOLBY DIGITAL 5.1.
Language Note
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ENGLISH DIALOGUE WITH OPTIONAL SPANISH SUBTITLES AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | DVD FICTION ROO 3 DISCS | DVDs |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | DVD FICTION ROO 3 DISCS | DVDs |
Stillwater Public Library | DVD FICTION ROO 3 DISCS | DVDs |