Roots
(DVD)
Contributors
Status
Grand Canyon Community Library - Videos
DVD ROOTS
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DVD ROOTS
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Grand Canyon Community Library - Videos | DVD ROOTS | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
African American families -- Fiction
African Americans -- Fiction.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Fiction.
Confederate States of America -- History -- Fiction.
Haley family -- Fiction.
Haley, Alex -- Family -- Fiction.
Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Fiction.
Slavery -- United States -- Fiction
Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
Television mini-series
United States -- History -- Fiction
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
African Americans -- Fiction.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Fiction.
Confederate States of America -- History -- Fiction.
Haley family -- Fiction.
Haley, Alex -- Family -- Fiction.
Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Fiction.
Slavery -- United States -- Fiction
Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
Television mini-series
United States -- History -- Fiction
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (573 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
883929161867
Notes
General Note
Based on the novel: Roots / by Alex Haley.
General Note
Special features : cast and crew commentaries with video option; documentaries.
General Note
Disc 5 menu screen erroniously states it is a double-sided disc.
General Note
Originally produced as a television miniseries in 1977.
General Note
"Presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition"--Container.
Creation/Production Credits
Directors of photography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; film editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; music by Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
An 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.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono ; standard screen.
Language
In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed captioned.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Burton, L., Asner, E., Brown, G. S., Crothers, S. M., Duncan, S., Gossett, L., Jr., Roundtree, R., Tyson, C., Vereen, B., Chomsky, M. J., Jones, Q., & Haley, A. (2011). Roots (30th anniversary ed.). Warner Bros..
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)LeVar. Burton et al.. 2011. Roots. Warner Bros.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)LeVar. Burton et al.. Roots Warner Bros, 2011.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Burton, LeVar., et al. Roots 30th anniversary ed., Warner Bros., 2011.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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