TY  - ADVS
AU  - Blinn,William
TI  - Roots
SN  - 1419850210
AV  - E 185.97 .H24 R66 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Burbank, CA
PB  - Warner Home Video
KW  - Haley, Alex
KW  - Haley family
KW  - Jackson family
KW  - Kinte family
KW  - Moore family
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Drama
KW  - African American families
KW  - Slavery
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Television series
KW  - gsafd
KW  - Historical films
KW  - Southern States
KW  - Historical television programs
KW  - Biographical television programs
KW  - Fiction television programs
KW  - Television mini-series
KW  - Television programs for the hearing impaired
KW  - Video recordings for the hearing impaired
KW  - Historical
KW  - migfg
KW  - Biographical
KW  - Television serials
N1  - Based on the novel: Roots / by Alex Haley; Originally produced as a television miniseries in 1977; Special features (discs 1 & 2): optional audio commentary for each episode by Wolper & various cast members; video highlights from the audio commentary recording sessions; Special features (disc 3): optional audio commentary for each episode by Wolper & various cast members; video highlights from the audio commentary recording sessions; "Roots" family tree; "Remembering 'Roots'" featurette (c2002, 19 min.); Special features (disc 4): "The phenomenon of 'Roots'" (aka: "'Roots' : one year later") television documentary (c1978, 48 min.) ; "Crossing over : how 'Roots' captivated an entire nation" featurette (c2007, 20 min.); "Presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition"--Container; Disc 1: episodes 1 & 2 ; Disc 2: episodes 3 &4 ; Disc 3: episodes 5 & 6 ; Disc 4: Crossing over : how Roots captivated an entire nation -- Roots : on year later; Directors of photography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; film editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; music by Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones; 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; Not rated; Warner Home Video
N2  - 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
ER  -