Roots the complete miniseries collection & the gift / [videorecording] : Warner Bros. Entertainment. - Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]. - 9 videodiscs (ca. 1313 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Roots based on the book by Alex Haley. Title from container. Roots special features: Commentary by David L. Wolper, Edward Asner, LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, William Blinn, Jan Scott, and Lynn Stalmaster.

Roots / a David L. Wolper production ; producer, Stan Margulies ; developed for television by William Blinn ; directed by Marvin Chomsky ... [et al.] -- Roots, the next generation -- Roots, the gift / a David L. Wolper production in association with Warner Bros. Television ; created by Alex Haley ; produced by Mark M. Wolfer ; written by D.M. Eyre Jr. ; directed by Kevin Hooks -- The legacy of Roots. Part 1 -- The legacy of Roots. Part 2.

Producers, David L. Wolper, Stan Margulies ; directors, Marvin Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses, Georg Stanford Brown, Charles S. Dubin, Lloyd Richards, Kevin Hooks ; music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones. Producers, David L. Wolper, Stan Margulies ; directors, Marvin Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses, Georg Stanford Brown, Charles S. Dubin, Lloyd Richards, Kevin Hooks ; music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones.

John Amos, Maya Angelou, Ed Asner, LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett Jr., Cicely Tyson, Leslie Uggams, James Earl Jones, Debbie Allen, Kate Mulgrew ... [et al.]

The complete Roots anthology which follows the history of the Kinte family.


DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital.


English or Spanish dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles ; closed captioned.


Roots (Television program : 1977)--Criticism and interpretation.


African American families--Drama.
Slavery--United States--Drama.
Slaveholders--Southern States--Drama.
African Americans--History--To 1863--Drama.

791.4575 / ROO 2007