Roots [1977, 4-discs], 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 [1977, 4-discs], 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 [1977, 4-discs]
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
81146919
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
563
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
- Brown, Georg Stanford
- Wolper Productions
- Bridges, Lloyd
- Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
- Vereen, Ben
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Jones, Quincy, 1933-
- Moses, Gilbert
- Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-
- George, Lynda Day
- Tyson, Cicely
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Erman, John, 1935-2021
- Warner Bros. Television
- Lee, James, 1923-2002
- 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
- Greene, Lorne
- Haley, Alex
- Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
- Asner, Edward
- Greene, David, 1921-2003
- Uggams, Leslie
- Blinn, William
- Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
Genre
Subject
- Biographical television programs
- Enslavers -- Southern States -- Drama
- Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama
- African American families -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- DVDs
- Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama
- African Americans + History -- To 1863 -- Drama
- Historical films
- Slavery -- United States -- Drama
- Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama
- Television series
- Slaveholders [DNU] -- Southern States -- Drama
Content
Is Derivative Of
Mapped to
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor34
- Burton, LeVar
- Brown, Georg Stanford
- Wolper Productions
- Bridges, Lloyd
- Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
- Vereen, Ben
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Jones, Quincy, 1933-
- Moses, Gilbert
- Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-
- George, Lynda Day
- Tyson, Cicely
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Erman, John, 1935-2021
- Warner Bros. Television
- Lee, James, 1923-2002
- 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
- Greene, Lorne
- Haley, Alex
- Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
- Asner, Edward
- Greene, David, 1921-2003
- Uggams, Leslie
- Blinn, William
- Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
- Genre5
- Subject13
- Biographical television programs
- Enslavers -- Southern States -- Drama
- Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama
- African American families -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- DVDs
- Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama
- African Americans + History -- To 1863 -- Drama
- Historical films
- Slavery -- United States -- Drama
- Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama
- Television series
- Slaveholders [DNU] -- Southern States -- Drama
- Content1
- Is Derivative Of1
- Mapped to1