Roots, the next generations
(DVD)

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Contributors
Margulies, Stan, producer.
Glass, Sydney A, screenwriter.
Kinoy, Ernest, producer,
Mumford, Thad, screenwriter.
Wilcox, Daniel, screenwriter.
Published
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007].
Status
Checked Out
1 copy, 1 person is on the wait list.
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Subjects

LC Subjects
African American families -- Drama.
African Americans -- Drama.
Biographical television programs.
Haley family -- Drama.
Haley, Alex -- Drama.
Haley, Alex -- Family -- Drama.
Haley, Alex -- Television adaptations.
Historical television programs.
Kinte family -- Drama.
Television melodramas.
Television mini-series.
Television programs for the hearing impaired.

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Published
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (688 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
085391125358

Notes

General Note
Based on "Roots" and "Search" and additional material by Alex Haley.
General Note
Special features: Behind-the-scenes documentary "Roots: the next generations: the legacy continues."
Creation/Production Credits
Music, Gerald Fried.
Participants/Performers
Debbie Allen, Barbara Barrie, Marlon Brando, James Broderick, Georg Stanford Brown, Irene Cara, Diahann Carroll, Bernie Casey, Lee Chamberlin, Michael Constantine, Robert Culp, James Daly, Olivia de Havilland, Ruby Dee, Damon Evans, Norman Fell, Henry Fonda, Al Freeman Jr., Slim Gaillard, Pam Grier, Rosey Grier, Andy Griffith, Dorian Harewood, Kene Holliday, Rafer Johnson, James Earl Jones, Paul Koslo, Avon Long, Claudia McNeil, Carmen McRae, Dina Merrill, Lynne Moody, Harry Morgan, Greg Morris, Roger E. Mosley, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Beah Richards, Percy Rodrigues, John Rubinstein, Stan Shaw, Marc Singer, Richard Thomas, George Voskovec, Hal Williams, Paul Winfield.
Date/Time and Place of Event
DVD release of episodes originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1979.
Description
Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD ; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono; three discs are double-sided.
Language
In English, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. Closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Margulies, S., Glass, S. A., Kinoy, E., Mumford, T., Wilcox, D., McGreevey, J., Erman, J., Dubin, C., Brown, G. S., Richards, L., Allen, D., Barrie, B., Brando, M., Broderick, J., Cara, I., Carroll, D., Casey, B., Chamberlin, L., Constantine, M., Culp, R., Daly, J., De Havilland, O., Dee, R., Evans, D., Fell, N., Fonda, H., Freeman, A., Gaillard, S., Grier, P., Grier, R., Griffith, A., Harewood, D., Holliday, K., Johnson, R., Jones, J. E., Koslo, P., Long, A., McNeil, C., McRae, C., Merrill, D., Moody, L., Morgan, H., Morris, G., Mosley, R. E., O'Loughlin, G. S., Richards, B. E., Rodriguez, P., Rubinstein, J., Shaw, S., Singer, M., Thomas, R., Voskovec, J., Williams, H., Winfield, P., & Haley, A. (2007). Roots, the next generations . Distributed by Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stan, Margulies et al.. 2007. Roots, the Next Generations. Distributed by Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Stan, Margulies et al.. Roots, the Next Generations Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Margulies, Stan,, et al. Roots, the Next Generations Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.

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