Roots. Discs 1-3. Episodes 1-3 [DVD video]

An adaptation of Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history. Kidnapped from Africa, Kunta Kinte was enslaved in America in 1767, refusing to accept his slave name of Toby. Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, passing on his tale across generations until it reached a young Alex Haley growing up in Tennessee. Through the lineage of one family, Haley told a story for all America and the world.

General Note:

Title from container.

Based on the novel "Roots" by Alex Haley.

Videodisc release of the 1977 television miniseries.

Special features included in 7 disc set include: 2007 documentary "Crossing over: how Roots captivated an entire nation" (disc 7); 2002 documentary "Remembering Roots" (disc 6); "Roots: one year later" hosted by Louis Gossett Jr.; cast/crew commentaries with video option.

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.

Technical Details:

DVD; region 1; standard version (presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition); monaural.

Personal Subject:

Haley, Alex-Family-Drama.

Haley family-Drama.

Jackson family-Drama.

Kinte family-Drama.

Moore family-Drama.

Haley, Alex-Television adaptations.

Subject Term:

African Americans -- Drama.

Slaveholders -- Southern States -- Drama.