Roots, Vol. 2, Discs 3 & 4, Episodes 5 & 6 and Special features.

Resource Information

The work Roots, Vol. 2, Discs 3 & 4, Episodes 5 & 6 and Special features. represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Merrimac Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Roots, Vol. 2, Discs 3 & 4, Episodes 5 & 6 and Special features.

Title number

Vol. 2, Discs 3 & 4, Episodes 5 & 6 and Special features.

Statement of responsibility

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

Contributor

• Hamilton, George, 1939-
• Jones, Quincy, 1933-
• Kinoy, Ernest
• Lee, James, 1923-2002
• Margulies, Stan
• Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982
• Moses, Gilbert
• Reed, Robert, 1932-1992
• Simpson, O. J., 1947-
• Tyson, Cicely
• Uggams, Leslie
• Vereen, Ben
• Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
• Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
• Warner Bros. Television
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Wolper Productions
• Amos, John, 1939-
• Angelou, Maya
• Asner, Edward
• Blinn, William
• Bridges, Lloyd
• Brown, Georg Stanford
• Burton, LeVar
• Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
• Cohen, M. Charles
• Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
• Erman, John, 1935-2021
• Fried, Gerald
• George, Lynda Day
• Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
• Green, Lorne
• Greene, David, 1921-2003
• Haley, Alex

Subject

• Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama
• Videodiscs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Television mini-series
• Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama
• African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Drama
• Biographical television programs
• Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama
• Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama
• Historical television programs
• Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama
• Slavery -- United States -- Drama
• Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama
• Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama
• African American families -- Drama

Genre

• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Television mini-series
• Historical television programs
• Drama
• Biographical television programs

Language

eng

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

Continues

• Roots., 30th anniversary ed

Awards note

• 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 ; Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series ; Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series ; Outstanding Limited Series ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series ; Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; original music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; costume designer, Jack Martell

Dewey number

791.45/75

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1992.77

LC item number

.R6687 2007

PerformerNote

Maya Angelou, LeVar Burton, Edward Asner, O.J. Simpson, Ralph Waite, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Reed, Lorne Green, Lynda Day George, Vic Morrow, John Amos, Sandy Duncan, Leslie Uggams, George Hamilton, Richard Roundtree, Ben Vereen, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Cicely Tyson

Runtime

563

Target audience

general

Technique

live action