Description |
4 videodiscs (688 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Title from container. |
System Details |
DVD ; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. |
Cast |
Debbie Allen, Barbara Barrie, Marlon Brando, James Broderick, Georg Stanford Brown, Irene Cara, Diahann Carroll, Bernie Casey, Lee Chamberlin, Michael Constantine, Robert Culp, James Daly, Olivia de Havilland, Ruby Dee, Damon Evans, Norman Fell, Henry Fonda, Al Freeman Jr., Slim Gaillard, Pam Grier, Rosey Grier, Andy Griffith, Dorian Harewood, Kene Holliday, Rafer Johnson, James Earl Jones, Paul Koslo, Avon Long, Claudia McNeil, Carmen McRae, Dina Merrill, Lynne Moody, Harry Morgan, Greg Morris, Roger E. Mosley, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Beah Richards, Percy Rodrigues, John Rubinstein, Stan Shaw, Marc Singer, Richard Thomas, George Voskovec, Hal Williams, Paul Winfield. |
Credits |
Music, Gerald Fried. |
Note |
Based on "Roots" and "Search" and additional material by Alex Haley. |
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Developed for television by Ernest Kinoy. |
Event |
DVD release of episodes originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1979. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots. |
Contents |
Disc 1, Side A: Episode 1 -- Disc 1, Side B: Episode 2 -- Disc 2, Side A: Episode 3 -- Disc 2, Side B: Episode 4 -- Disc 3, Side A: Episode 5 -- Disc 3, Side B: Episode 6 -- Disc 4, Side A: Episode 7. |
Note |
Special features: Disc 4: Behind-the-scenes documentary "Roots: the next generations: the legacy continues." |
Language |
In English, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. |
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Closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Haley, Alex -- Drama.
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Haley, Alex -- Family -- Drama.
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Haley family -- Drama.
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Kinte family -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Drama.
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African American families -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Television mini-series.
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Biographical television programs.
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Historical television programs.
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Television programs for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Margulies, Stan.
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Glass, Sydney A.
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Kinoy, Ernest.
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Mumford, Thad.
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McGreevey, John.
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Wilcox, Daniel.
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Brown, Georg Stanford.
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Dubin, Charles.
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Erman, John, 1935-2021
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Richards, Lloyd, 1919-2006.
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Allen, Debbie, 1950-
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Barrie, Barbara.
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Brando, Marlon.
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Broderick, James.
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Cara, Irene, 1959-2022
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Carroll, Diahann.
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Casey, Bernie.
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Chamberlin, Lee.
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Constantine, Michael.
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Culp, Robert, 1930-2010.
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Daly, James, 1918-1978.
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De Havilland, Olivia.
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Dee, Ruby.
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Evans, Damon.
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Fell, Norman, 1924-1998.
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Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982.
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Freeman, Al, Jr., 1934-2012.
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Gaillard, Slim.
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Grier, Pam, 1949-
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Grier, Rosey.
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Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012.
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Harewood, Dorian.
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Holliday, Kene.
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Johnson, Rafer, 1935-2020
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Jones, James Earl.
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Koslo, Paul, 1944-2019
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Long, Avon.
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McNeil, Claudia.
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McRae, Carmen.
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Merrill, Dina.
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Moody, Lynne.
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Morgan, Harry, 1915-2011.
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Morris, Greg.
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Mosley, Roger E., 1944-2022
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O'Loughlin, Gerald S.
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Richards, Beah E.
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Rodriguez, Percy.
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Rubinstein, John, 1946-
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Shaw, Stan, 1952-
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Singer, Marc, 1948-
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Thomas, Richard, 1951-
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Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981.
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Williams, Hal, 1938-
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Winfield, Paul.
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Haley, Alex.
Roots.
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Haley, Alex.
My search for roots.
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Wolper Productions.
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Warner Bros. Television.
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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ISBN |
9781419846908 |
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1419846906 |
Standard No. |
085391125358 |
Music No. |
112535 Warner Home Video |
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