Roots, David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; produced by Stan Margulies ; written by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses
Type
Label
Roots, David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; produced by Stan Margulies ; written by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Roots
Medium
videorecording : DVD
Responsibility statement
David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; produced by Stan Margulies ; written by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses
Runtime
573
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
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Burton, LeVar
- Gossett, Louis, 1936-
- Brown, Georg Stanford
- Wolper Productions
- Bridges, Lloyd
- Vereen, Ben
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Waite, Ralph, 1928-
- 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
- Lee, James, 1923-2002
- Hamilton, George, 1939-
- Cohen, M. Charles
- Reed, Robert, 1932-1992
- Angelou, Maya
- Kinoy, Ernest
- Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982
- Greene, Lorne
- Haley, Alex
- Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
- Asner, Edward
- Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-
- Greene, David, 1921-2003
- Uggams, Leslie
- Blinn, William
Subject
- Historical television programs
- African Americans + History -- Drama
- Biographical television programs
- Kinte family -- Drama
- African American families -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Southern States -- History -- Drama
- Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama
- Slavery -- Drama
- Television mini-series
- Haley family -- Drama
Is Derivative Of
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor32
- Burton, LeVar
- Gossett, Louis, 1936-
- Brown, Georg Stanford
- Wolper Productions
- Bridges, Lloyd
- Vereen, Ben
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Waite, Ralph, 1928-
- 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
- Lee, James, 1923-2002
- Hamilton, George, 1939-
- Cohen, M. Charles
- Reed, Robert, 1932-1992
- Angelou, Maya
- Kinoy, Ernest
- Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982
- Greene, Lorne
- Haley, Alex
- Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
- Asner, Edward
- Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-
- Greene, David, 1921-2003
- Uggams, Leslie
- Blinn, William
- Subject11
- Historical television programs
- African Americans + History -- Drama
- Biographical television programs
- Kinte family -- Drama
- African American families -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Southern States -- History -- Drama
- Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama
- Slavery -- Drama
- Television mini-series
- Haley family -- Drama
- Is Derivative Of1