Roots
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Published
Burbank, CA : Warner Brothers Entertainment, [2011].
Edition
30th anniversary edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780780667167, 0780667166
UPC
883929161867

Notes

General Note
Special features : cast and crew commentaries with video option; documentaries.
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.
Language
In English or Spanish dialogue with English, French or Spanish subtitles.

Subjects

LC Subjects
African American families -- Drama.
African Americans -- Drama.
African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Drama.
Biographical television programs.
Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
Haley family -- Drama.
Haley, Alex -- Family -- Drama.
Haley, Alex -- Television adaptations.
Historical television programs.
Jackson family -- Drama.
Kinte family -- Drama.
Moore family -- Drama.
Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama.
Slavery -- United States -- Drama.
Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama.
Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama.
Television mini-series.
Television series.
United States -- History -- Drama.
Other Subjects
Television serials.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Blinn, W., Wolper, D. L., Margulies, S., Cohen, M. C., Kinoy, E., Lee, J., Chomsky, M. J., Erman, J., Greene, D., Moses, G., Amos, J., Angelou, M., Asner, E., Bridges, L., Brown, G. S., Burton, L., Carey, M., Cole, O., Collins, G., Connors, C., Crothers, S. M., Cumbuka, J., Davis, B., Duncan, S., George, L. D., Gossett, L., Jr., Greene, L., Gunn, M., Hamilton, G., Hicks, H., Ives, B., Hilton-Jacobs, L., Jones, C., McClure, D., McShane, I., Moody, L., Morrow, V., Rasulala, T., Reed, R., Rhodes, H., Roundtree, R., St. Jacques, R., Schuck, J., Shenar, P., Simpson, O. J., Sinclair, M., Todd, B., Tyson, C., Uggams, L., Vereen, B., Waite, R., Watson, W., Woods, R., Larner, S., Wilcots, J. M., Heckert, J. T., Kirby, P., Travis, N., Fried, G., Jones, Q., & Haley, A. (2011). Roots (30th anniversary edition.). Warner Brothers Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

William. Blinn et al.. 2011. Roots. Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Entertainment.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

William. Blinn et al.. Roots Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Entertainment, 2011.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Blinn, W., Wolper, D. L., Margulies, S., Cohen, M. C., Kinoy, E., Lee, J. and Chomsky, M. J. et al (2011). Roots. 30th anniversary edn. Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers Entertainment.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Blinn, William., et al. Roots 30th anniversary edition., Warner Brothers Entertainment, 2011.

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