Roots, David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; produced by Stan Margulies ; written by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses, Vol. 2, Discs 3 & 4, Episodes 5 & 6 and Special features., Fullscreen
Type
Label
Roots, David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; produced by Stan Margulies ; written by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses, Vol. 2, Discs 3 & 4, Episodes 5 & 6 and Special features., Fullscreen
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Roots
Oclc number
81146919
Responsibility statement
David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; produced by Stan Margulies ; written by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses
Runtime
563
Summary
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.version
Fullscreen
Classification
Contributor
- Burton, LeVar
- Brown, Georg Stanford
- Wolper Productions
- Bridges, Lloyd
- Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
- Vereen, Ben
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Jones, Quincy, 1933-
- Moses, Gilbert
- Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-
- George, Lynda Day
- Tyson, Cicely
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Erman, John, 1935-2021
- Warner Bros. Television
- Lee, James, 1923-2002
- Hamilton, George, 1939-
- Cohen, M. Charles
- Fried, Gerald
- Reed, Robert, 1932-1992
- Margulies, Stan
- Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
- Angelou, Maya
- Kinoy, Ernest
- Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982
- Haley, Alex
- Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
- Asner, Edward
- Greene, David, 1921-2003
- Green, Lorne
- Uggams, Leslie
- Blinn, William
- Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
Genre
Subject
- Television mini-series
- Biographical television programs
- Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama
- Historical television programs
- African American families -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama
- African Americans + History -- To 1863 -- Drama
- Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama
- Slavery -- United States -- Drama
- Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama
- Videodiscs
Content
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor34
- Burton, LeVar
- Brown, Georg Stanford
- Wolper Productions
- Bridges, Lloyd
- Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
- Vereen, Ben
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Jones, Quincy, 1933-
- Moses, Gilbert
- Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-
- George, Lynda Day
- Tyson, Cicely
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Erman, John, 1935-2021
- Warner Bros. Television
- Lee, James, 1923-2002
- Hamilton, George, 1939-
- Cohen, M. Charles
- Fried, Gerald
- Reed, Robert, 1932-1992
- Margulies, Stan
- Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
- Angelou, Maya
- Kinoy, Ernest
- Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982
- Haley, Alex
- Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
- Asner, Edward
- Greene, David, 1921-2003
- Green, Lorne
- Uggams, Leslie
- Blinn, William
- Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
- Genre4
- Subject12
- Television mini-series
- Biographical television programs
- Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama
- Historical television programs
- African American families -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama
- African Americans + History -- To 1863 -- Drama
- Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama
- Slavery -- United States -- Drama
- Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama
- Videodiscs
- Content1
- Mapped to1