Roots, David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television
Type
Label
Roots, David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Roots
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
81146919
Responsibility statement
David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television
Runtime
563
Summary
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The sage 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 where Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Burton, LeVar
- Brown, Georg Stanford
- Wolper Productions
- Bridges, Lloyd
- Vereen, Ben
- Lee, James, 1923-
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Jones, Quincy, 1933-
- Moses, Gilbert
- Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-
- George, Lynda Day
- Erman, John, 1935-
- Tyson, Cicely
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Warner Bros. Television
- 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
- Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-
- Greene, David, 1921-2003
- Green, Lorne
- Uggams, Leslie
- Blinn, William
- Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
Genre
Subject
- Slavery
- Television mini-series
- Biographical television programs
- Haley family
- Confederate States of America -- History
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- Historical television programs
- Kinte family
- Biographical -- Television mini-series
- Historical -- Television mini-series
- Historical films
- African Americans + History -- To 1863
- African American families
- Television series
- Slaveholders -- Southern States
- Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor34
- Burton, LeVar
- Brown, Georg Stanford
- Wolper Productions
- Bridges, Lloyd
- Vereen, Ben
- Lee, James, 1923-
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Jones, Quincy, 1933-
- Moses, Gilbert
- Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-
- George, Lynda Day
- Erman, John, 1935-
- Tyson, Cicely
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Warner Bros. Television
- 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
- Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-
- Greene, David, 1921-2003
- Green, Lorne
- Uggams, Leslie
- Blinn, William
- Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
- Genre8
- Subject17
- Slavery
- Television mini-series
- Biographical television programs
- Haley family
- Confederate States of America -- History
- Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
- Historical television programs
- Kinte family
- Biographical -- Television mini-series
- Historical -- Television mini-series
- Historical films
- African Americans + History -- To 1863
- African American families
- Television series
- Slaveholders -- Southern States
- Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
- Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Actor1
- Mapped to1