Cover image for Roots
Title:
Roots
Author:
Margulies, Stan.
Edition:
Thirtieth anniversary edition.
Publication Information:
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]

©1977
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (573 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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.
General Note:
Based on the novel by Alex Haley.

DVD release of the original ABC television broadcast, January, 1977.

Special features: Disc 4: "Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation" newly created featurette ; "Roots: one year later" documentary ; audio commentary from key cast memebers including LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, and Ed Asner.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title:
Roots (Television program)
ISBN:
9781419850219
UPC:
085391144854
Format :
DVD