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  • Kinte family -- Drama.
     
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  • Haley family -- Drama.
     
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  • Haley, Alex -- Drama.
     
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  • Roots (Television program : 1977)
     
  •  
  • Blacks -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.
     
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  • Blacks -- Biography -- Drama.
     
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  • Slavery -- United States -- Drama.
     
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  • Slavery -- Drama.
     
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  • Abolitionists -- United States -- Drama.
     
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  • Families, Black -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.
     
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    Roots [videorecording (DVD)] : the complete collection. [Volume one], Roots. [and], The legacy of Roots.
    Warner Home Video, c2007.
    Call #:DVD ROO v.1 TV
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  • Kinte family -- Drama.
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  • Haley family -- Drama.
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  • Haley, Alex -- Drama.
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  • Roots (Television program : 1977)
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  • Blacks -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.
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  • Blacks -- Biography -- Drama.
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  • Slavery -- United States -- Drama.
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  • Slavery -- Drama.
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  • Abolitionists -- United States -- Drama.
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  • Families, Black -- United States -- Biography -- Drama.
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  • Families, Black -- Drama.
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    Roots [videorecording (DVD)]
    Legacy of Roots [videorecording (DVD)]
    Crossing over : how Roots captivated an entire nation [videorecording (DVD)].
    Roots : one year later [videorecording (DVD)].
    Format: 
    [videorecording (DVD)] :
    Description: 
    8 videodiscs (573 min. + bonus features) : Dolby digital, mono. sd., col. ; 12 cm.
    Notes: 
    Based on the book by Alex Haley.
    Videodisc release of the 1977 made-for-tv miniseries.
    Special features: The Legacy of Roots (2-discs): All-new 2007 documentary: Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation [2007 documentary] ; Roots: one year later hosted by Louis Gossett Jr. [1978 documentary] ; Alex Haley interview episode from the Talking With David Frost series ; The struggle to make Roots ; Connecting with the past ; Levar Burton: original screen test - March 24, 1976.
    Originally packaged as a 13-disc complete collection set. Please look for 2nd volume "Roots: the next generation".
    Home use only.
    Includes English & Spanish language tracks and English, French or Spanish subtitles.
    Closed-captioned.
    Production: 
    Executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margulies ; developed for television by William Blinn ; written for television by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses.
    Performers: 
    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, Caroline 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 and Ren Woods.
    Summary: 
    "His name was Kunta Kinte. Kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in America in 1767, he refused to accept his slave name of Toby. Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, passing on his tale across generations until it reached a young boy growing up in Tennessee, His name was Alex Haley. This is his story."--Container (Complete collection set)
    Genre: 
    Biographical television programs.
    Historical television programs.
    Television mini-series.
    Documentary films.
    Period dramas.
    Films for the hearing impaired.
    DVDs.
    Other authors: 
    Haley, Alex. Roots.
    Amos, John, 1939-
    Bridges, Lloyd.
    Burton, LeVar.
    Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
    Tyson, Cicely.
    Vereen, Ben.
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