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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Roots (Television program : 2016)

Title:

Roots / History presents ; an A+E Studios production ; in association with Marc Toberoff Productions and the Wolper Organization ; producers, Ann Kindberg (nights 1-4), Cheryl Eatock (night 1) ; produced by Alissa M. Kantrow ; teleplay by Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal (nights 1 and 4), Alison McDonald (night 2), Charles Murray (night 3) ; directed by Phillip Noyce (night 1), Mario Van Peebles (night 2), Thomas Carter (night 3), Bruce Beresford (night 4).

Publisher, Date:

[Santa Monica, California] : A&E Television Networks, LLC, [2016]

Santa Monica, California : Lionsgate, [2016]

Description:

3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hrs., 29 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in. stamping

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Summary:

The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: TV14.

Subjects:

Kinte family -- Drama.

Haley family -- Drama.

Haley, Alex -- Television adaptations.

Slavery -- United States -- Drama.

African Americans -- United States -- Drama.

Abolitionists -- United States -- Drama.

African American families -- United States -- Drama.

Genre:

Historical television programs.

Biographical television programs.

Television adaptations.

Fiction television programs.

Television mini-series.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Kindberg, Ann, television producer.

Eatock, Cheryl, television producer.

Kantrow, Alissa M. (Alissa Miller), 1969- television producer.

Konner, Lawrence, screenwriter.

Rosenthal, Mark D., screenwriter.

McDonald, Alison (Screenwriter), screenwriter.

Murray, Charles (Screenwriter), screenwriter.

Noyce, Phillip, television director.

Van Peebles, Mario, television director.

Carter, Thomas, 1953- television director.

Beresford, Bruce, television director.

Coleman, Chad, actor.

Corinealdi, Emayatzy, 1980- actor.

Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- actor.

Goode, Matthew, 1978- actor.

T. I., 1980- actor.

Kirby, Malachi, actor.

Luke, Derek, 1974- actor.

Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977- actor.

Page, Regé-Jean, actor.

Paquin, Anna, actor.

Phifer, Mekhi, 1975- actor.

Purefoy, James, 1964- actor.

Rose, Anika Noni, 1972- actor.

Tazel, Erica, actor.

Threatt, Sedale, Jr., actor.

Whitaker, Forest, actor.

Carter, Ruth E., costume designer.

Cilliers, Diana, costume designer.

Heffes, Alex, composer (expression)

Miller, Philip, 1964- composer (expression)

Nicholson, Martin (Film editor), editor of moving image work.

Babor, Greg, editor of moving image work.

Wilcox, James D., editor of moving image work.

Mandelberg, Neil, editor of moving image work.

Beatty, David, editor of moving image work.

Random, Ida, production designer.

Hely-Hutchinson, Jonathan, production designer.

Meir, Sharone, director of photography.

Menzies, Peter, Jr, director of photography.

Television adaptation of (work): Haley, Alex. Roots.

History (Television network), presenter.

A+E Studios, production company.

Marc Toberoff Productions, production company.

Wolper Organization, production company.

Arts and Entertainment Network, publisher.

Lions Gate Entertainment (Firm), distributor.

Notes:

Based on Alex Haley's best selling novel.

Special feature: Roots: A history revealed.

Costume designers, Ruth E. Carter (nights 1-4), Diana Cilliers (night 1) ; music by Alex Heffes (nights 1-4), Philip Miller (night 1) ; edited by Martin Nicholson, Greg Babor (night 1), James D. Wilcox (night 2), Neil Mandelberg (night 3), David Beatty (night 4) ; production designers, Ida Random (nights 1-4), Jonathan Hely-Hutchinson (night 1) ; directors of photography, Sharone Meir (night 1), Peter Menzies, Jr. (nights 2-4).

Chad Coleman, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Tip 'TI' Harris, Malachi Kirby, Derek Luke, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Regé-Jean Page, Anna Paquin, Mekhi Phifer, James Purefoy, Anika Noni Rose, Erica Tazel, Sedale Threatt, Jr., Forest Whitaker.

Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 2016.

DVD; NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.

English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Contents:

Disc 1. Night 1 ; Night 2 -- Disc 2. Night 3 ; Night 4 -- Disc 3. Bonus feature: Roots: a history revealed.

ISBN:

0031398247586

Publisher Number:

49983

Other Number:

953420848

System Availability:

2

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

2

Control Number:

605452

# Local items in:

2

# System items in:

2

Call Number:

DVD TV Roots