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Roots [videorecording] / by Blinn, William,producer,screenwriter.; Wolper, David L.,producer.; Margulies, Stan,producer.; Cohen, M. Charles,screenwriter.; Kinoy, Ernest,screenwriter.; Lee, James,1923-2002,screenwriter.; Chomsky, Marvin J.,1929-director.; Erman, John,1935-director.; Greene, David,1921-2003,director.; Moses, Gilbert,director.; Amos, John,1939-actor.; Angelou, Maya,actor.; Asner, Edward,actor.; Bridges, Lloyd,actor.; Brown, Georg Stanford,actor.; Burton, LeVar,actor.; Carey, Macdonald,actor.; Cole, Olivia,1942-actor.; Collins, Gary,1938-2012,actor.; Connors, Chuck,1921-1992,actor.; Crothers, Scat Man,actor.; Cumbuka, Ji-Tu,actor.; Davis, Brad,1949-1991,actor.; Duncan, Sandy,1946-actor.; George, Lynda Day,actor.; Gossett, Louis,Jr.,1936-actor.; Greene, Lorne,actor.; Gunn, Moses,1929-1993,actor.; Hamilton, George,1939-actor.; Hicks, Hilly,1950-actor.; Ives, Burl,1909-1995,actor.; Hilton-Jacobs, Lawrence,1953-actor.; Jones, Carolyn,1930-1983,actor.; McClure, Doug,1935-1995,actor.; McShane, Ian,1942-actor.; Moody, Lynne,1950-actor.; Morrow, Vic,1931-1982,actor.; Rasulala, Thalmus,1939-1991,actor.; Reed, Robert,1932-1992,actor.; Rhodes, Hari,actor.; Roundtree, Richard,1942-actor.; St. Jacques, Raymond,1930-actor.; Schuck, John,1940-actor.; Shenar, Paul,actor.; Simpson, O. J.,1947-actor.; Sinclair, Madge,actor.; Todd, Beverly,1946-actor.; Tyson, Cicely,actor.; Uggams, Leslie,actor.; Vereen, Ben,actor.; Waite, Ralph,1928-2014,actor.; Watson, William,1938-1997,actor.; Woods, Ren,actor.; Larner, Stevan,director of photography.; Wilcots, Joseph M.,1939-director of photography.; Heckert, James T.,editor of moving image work.; Kirby, Peter(Peter William),editor of moving image work.; Travis, Neil,editor of moving image work; Fried, Gerald,composer.; Jones, Quincy,1933-composer.; Haley, Alex.Roots.; Wolper Productions.; Warner Bros. Television.;
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono ; standard screen.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, Carolyn 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, Ren Woods.Directors of photography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; film editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; music by Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones.Not ratedAn adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era.Golden Globes (USA), 1978: Best TV-Series - Drama.Emmy Awards, 1977: Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing for a Series ; Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) ; Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (Greene, ep. 1); Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series ; Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series (Gossett) ; Outstanding Limited Series ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series (Asner) ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series Cole) ; Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (Kinoy, Blinn; ep.2).
Subjects: Television mini-series.; Historical television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Television adaptations.; Fiction television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Haley, Alex; Haley family; Jackson family; Kinte family; Moore family; African Americans; Slaves; Slaveholders; African American families; Slavery; African Americans; Haley, Alex;
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