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Roots
Title
Roots [videorecording] / a David L. Wolper production.
Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [1985], c1977.
Physical Description
6 videocassettes (VHS) (538 min.) : sd., col ; 1/2 in.
Notes
Videocassette release of the 1977 television motion picture.
Producer, Stan Margulies ; directors, Marvin Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses ; research, George Sims ; writers, William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; director of photography, Stevan Larner ; film editor, Neil Travis ; music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones.
Summary
An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Credits
Producer, Stan Margulies ; directors, Marvin Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses ; research, George Sims ; writers, William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; director of photography, Stevan Larner ; film editor, Neil Travis ; music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones.
Performers
LeVar Burton, John Amos, Ben Vereen, Cicely Tyson, Thalmus Rasulala, Edward Asner, Ralph Waite, Lorne Green, Vic Morrow, Chuck Connors, John Schuck, Leslie Uggams, Robert Reed, Lou Gosset.
Videorecording number
11111-11116 Warner Home Video
Also listed under
Wolper Productions.
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