Roots

Title
: 
Roots

Uniform Title
: 
Roots (Television program : 2016)

Physical Description
: 
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hrs., 29 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note
: 
Based on Alex Haley's best selling novel.
 
Special feature: Roots: A history revealed.

Personal Subject
: 
Haley, Alex-Family-Drama.
 
Kinte family-Drama.
 
Haley family-Drama.

Subject Term
: 
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
: 
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
: 
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
: 
History (Television network)

Summary
: 
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
: 
ENGLISH DIALOGUE WITH OPTIONAL SPANISH SUBTITLES AND ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING.


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove)DVD FICTION ROO 3 DISCSDVDs
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury)DVD FICTION ROO 3 DISCSDVDs
Stillwater Public LibraryDVD FICTION ROO 3 DISCSDVDs