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).
Uniform Title:
Roots (Television program : 2016)
Publication Information:
[Santa Monica, California] : A&E Television Networks, LLC, [2016]
Santa Monica, California : Lionsgate, [2016]
©2016
Physical Description:
3 videodiscs (approximately 6 hrs., 29 mins.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Based on Alex Haley's best selling novel.
Special feature: Roots: A history revealed.
DVD; NTSC, region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Contents:
Disc 1. Night 1 ; Night 2 -- Disc 2. Night 3 ; Night 4 -- Disc 3. Bonus feature: Roots: a history revealed.
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.
Added Author:
Language Note:
English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Audience:
Rating: TV14.
Performer:
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.
Production Credits:
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).
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 2016.
OCLC Number:
ocn953420848
Availability:
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