Roots, 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, 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
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
51045281146919
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
- Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023
- Wolper Productions
- Bridges, Lloyd
- Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
- Vereen, Ben
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Waite, Ralph, 1928-
- Jones, Quincy, 1933-
- Moses, Gilbert
- Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-
- George, Lynda Day
- Greene, David, 1921-
- 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
- Haley, Alex
- Asner, Edward
- Green, Lorne
- Uggams, Leslie
- Blinn, William
Genre
Subject
- DVD-Video discs
- Television mini-series
- Biographical television programs
- Television serials
- Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama
- Historical television programs
- African American families -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama
- Biographical -- Television mini-series
- African Americans + History -- To 1863 -- Drama
- Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama
- Historical -- Television mini-series
- Historical films
- Slavery -- United States -- Drama
- Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama
Is Derivative Of
Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor34
- Burton, LeVar
- Brown, Georg Stanford
- Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023
- Wolper Productions
- Bridges, Lloyd
- Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
- Vereen, Ben
- Amos, John, 1939-
- Waite, Ralph, 1928-
- Jones, Quincy, 1933-
- Moses, Gilbert
- Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
- Simpson, O. J., 1947-
- George, Lynda Day
- Greene, David, 1921-
- 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
- Haley, Alex
- Asner, Edward
- Green, Lorne
- Uggams, Leslie
- Blinn, William
- Genre9
- Subject16
- DVD-Video discs
- Television mini-series
- Biographical television programs
- Television serials
- Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama
- Historical television programs
- African American families -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama
- Biographical -- Television mini-series
- African Americans + History -- To 1863 -- Drama
- Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama
- Historical -- Television mini-series
- Historical films
- Slavery -- United States -- Drama
- Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama
- Is Derivative Of1
- Mapped to2