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Uniform Title Roots (Television program : 1977)
Title Roots / developed for television by William Blinn ; executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margulies ; written for television by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses ; a David L. Wolper production.

Publication Info. Burbank, CA : Warner Brothers Entertainment, [1977]
©2011

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD ROOTS DISC 1 DISC 1-7    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult DVDs  DVD ROO DISC 1-7    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  TV DVD ROO DISCS 1-7    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  DVD ROOTS DISC 1-7    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - TV-DVD  DVD ROO v.1  DISC 1-4    Check Shelf
 Granby, Main Library - TV-DVD  DVD ROO v.2  DISC 5-7    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD 929.2 ROOTS  DISC 1-4    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Media Room DVDs & Blu-rays  DVD 929.2 ROOTS  DISC 5-7    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD ROOTS DISC 1-7    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  DVD SERIES ROO DISC 1-4    Check Shelf

Edition Thirtieth anniversary edition ; standard version.
Description 7 videodiscs (573 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono.
Cast 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.
Credits Directors of photography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; film editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; music by Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones.
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.
Audience Not rated Warner Home Video.
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.
Awards Golden Globes (USA), 1978: Best TV-Series - Drama.
Emmy Awards, 1977: Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing for a Series ; Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) ; Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series ; Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series ; Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series ; Outstanding Limited Series ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series ; Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series.
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.
Language English or Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Haley, Alex -- Family -- Drama.
Local Subject Enslavers -- Southern States -- Drama.
Subject Slavery -- United States -- Drama.
African Americans -- Drama.
Haley, Alex -- Television adaptations.
African American families -- Drama.
Jackson family -- Drama.
Kinte family -- Drama.
Haley family -- Drama.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Drama.
Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama.
Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama.
Moore family -- Drama.
Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775 -- Drama.
United States -- History -- Drama.
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.
Cole, Olivia, 1942-2018
Collins, Gary, 1938-2012.
Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992.
Crothers, Scat Man.
Cumbuka, Ji-Tu.
Davis, Brad, 1949-1991.
Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
George, Lynda Day.
Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
Greene, Lorne.
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993.
Hamilton, George, 1939-
Hicks, Hilly, 1950-
Ives, Burl, 1909-1995.
Hilton-Jacobs, Lawrence, 1953-
Jones, Carolyn, 1930-1983.
McClure, Doug, 1935-1995.
McShane, Ian, 1942-
Moody, Lynne, 1950-
Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982.
Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991.
Reed, Robert, 1932-1992.
Rhodes, Hari.
Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023
St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990
Schuck, John, 1940-
Shenar, Paul.
Simpson, O. J., 1947-
Sinclair, Madge.
Todd, Beverly, 1946-
Tyson, Cicely.
Uggams, Leslie.
Vereen, Ben.
Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014.
Watson, William, 1938-1997.
Woods, Renn, 1958-
Larner, Stevan.
Wilcots, Joseph M., 1939-
Heckert, James T.
Kirby, Peter.
Travis, Neil.
Fried, Gerald.
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Haley, Alex. Roots.
Added Title Remembering Roots.
Roots : one year later.
Crossing over : how Roots captivated an entire nation.
ISBN 0780667166
9780780667167
Standard No. 883929161867
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