Roots, the next generations
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Adult DVD - Public ShelvingDVD TV ROOTS v.1-4On Shelf

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LC Subjects
African American families -- Drama.
African Americans -- Drama.
Haley family.
Haley, Alex
Haley, Alex -- Family.
Historical television programs
Kinte family.
Television mini-series
Television programs for the hearing impaired
Other Subjects
Biographical television programs
Biographical television programs
Biographical television programs
Familia -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro.
Family -- Television mini-series.
Haley (Familia) -- Teatro.
Historical television programs
Historical television programs
Made-for-TV movies

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Published
Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007].
Format
DVD
Language
English
ISBN
9781419846908, 1419846906
UPC
085391125358

Notes

General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Based on "Roots" and "Search" and additional material by Alex Haley.
General Note
Developed for television by Ernest Kinoy.
General Note
Special features: Disc 4: Behind-the-scenes documentary "Roots: the next generations: the legacy continues."
Creation/Production Credits
Music, Gerald Fried.
Participants/Performers
Debbie Allen, Barbara Barrie, Marlon Brando, James Broderick, Georg Stanford Brown, Irene Cara, Diahann Carroll, Bernie Casey, Lee Chamberlin, Michael Constantine, Robert Culp, James Daly, Olivia de Havilland, Ruby Dee, Damon Evans, Norman Fell, Henry Fonda, Al Freeman Jr., Slim Gaillard, Pam Grier, Rosey Grier, Andy Griffith, Dorian Harewood, Kene Holliday, Rafer Johnson, James Earl Jones, Paul Koslo, Avon Long, Claudia McNeil, Carmen McRae, Dina Merrill, Lynne Moody, Harry Morgan, Greg Morris, Roger E. Mosley, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Beah Richards, Percy Rodrigues, John Rubinstein, Stan Shaw, Marc Singer, Richard Thomas, George Voskovec, Hal Williams, Paul Winfield.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1979.
Description
Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Glass, S. A., Mumford, T., McGreevey, J., Wilcox, D., Erman, J., Richards, L., Barrie, B., Brando, M., Broderick, J., Cara, I., Casey, B., Constantine, M., Culp, R., Daly, J., De Havilland, O., Evans, D., Freeman, A., Jr., Gaillard, S., Harewood, D., Holliday, K., Jones, J. E., Koslo, P., Long, A., Moody, L., Morris, G., Mosley, R. E., Rodriguez, P., Rubinstein, J., Shaw, S., Singer, M., Voskovec, J., Williams, H., Haley, A., Chamberlin, L., Kinoy, E., Thomas, R., Dubin, C., Brown, G. S., Grier, R., Johnson, R., Grier, P., McRae, C., Carroll, D., Fonda, H., McNeil, C., O'Loughlin, G. S., Allen, D., Dee, R., Winfield, P., Griffith, A., Morgan, H., Fell, N., Merrill, D., Wolper, D. L., Margulies, S., & Richards, B. E. (2007). Roots, the next generations . Distributed by Warner Home Video.

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

Sydney A. Glass et al.. 2007. Roots, the Next Generations. Distributed by Warner Home Video.

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

Sydney A. Glass et al.. Roots, the Next Generations Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Glass, Sydney A., et al. Roots, the Next Generations Distributed by Warner Home Video, 2007.

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