Roots
(DVD)
Contributors
Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007].
ISBN
1419850210, 9781419850219
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (645 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Copies
| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Orange Branch - Adult Collection - Audio Visual | DVD | Available |
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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007].
Format
DVD
Language
English
ISBN
1419850210, 9781419850219
UPC
085391144854
Notes
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Based on the novel by Alex Haley.
General Note
Originally broadcast on ABC, January 1977.
General Note
Special features: Disc 4: "Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation" newly created featurette; "Roots: one year later" documentary; audio commentary from key cast memebers including La Var Burton, Cicely Tyson and Ed Asner.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; original music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; costume designer, Jack Martell.
Participants/Performers
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.
Description
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The sage 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 where Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Awards
Golden Globes (USA), 1978: Best TV-Series - Drama.
Awards
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.
Local note
CORE COLLECTION
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chomsky, M. J., Erman, J., Greene, D., Moses, G., Angelou, M., Burton, L., Asner, E., Simpson, O. J., Waite, R., Gossett, L., Jr., Reed, R., Greene, L., George, L. D., Morrow, V., Amos, J., Duncan, S., Uggams, L., Hamilton, G., Roundtree, R., Vereen, B., Bridges, L., Brown, G. S., Tyson, C., & Haley, A. (2007). Roots (Thirtieth anniversary edition.). Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Marvin J. Chomsky et al.. 2007. Roots. Warner Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Marvin J. Chomsky et al.. Roots Warner Home Video, 2007.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chomsky, Marvin J., et al. Roots Thirtieth anniversary edition., Warner Home Video, 2007.
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