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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.

Additional Contributors: Allen, Debbie; Cara, Irene; Fell, Norman; Harewood, Dorian; Gaillard, Slim; Moody, Lynne; Morris, Greg; Richards, Beah E.; Singer, Marc; Mumford, Thad; Winfield, Paul; Voskovec, Jiří; Holliday, Kene; Griffith, Andy; Brando, Marlon; Grier, Pam; Barrie, Barbara; Koslo, Paul; McNeil, Claudia; Rubinstein, John; Kinoy, Ernest; Culp, Robert; Dubin, Charles; Margulies, Stan; McGreevey, John; McRae, Carmen; Richards, Lloyd; Erman, John; Chamberlin, Lee; Haley, Alex; Glass, Sydney A.; Williams, Hal; Wilcox, Daniel; Broderick, James; O'Loughlin, Gerald S.; Casey, Bernie; Brown, Georg Stanford; Dee, Ruby; Mosley, Roger E.; De Havilland, Olivia; Wolper, David L.; Thomas, Richard; Long, Avon; Evans, Damon; Fonda, Henry; Freeman, Al; Merrill, Dina; Shaw, Stan; Constantine, Michael; Carroll, Diahann; Grier, Rosey; Johnson, Rafer; Jones, James Earl; Morgan, Harry; Rodrigues, Percy; Daly, James

Publisher: Burbank, CA : - Distributed by Warner Home Video

ISBN: 9781419846908, 1419846906

Language: English, French, and Spanish

Contents: Disc 1, Side A: Episode 1
Disc 1, Side B: Episode 2
Disc 2, Side A: Episode 3
Disc 2, Side B: Episode 4
Disc 3, Side A: Episode 5
Disc 3, Side B: Episode 6
Disc 4, Side A: Episode 7.

Credits: Music, Gerald Fried.

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.

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Not rated

Notes: CPL DVD# 5528451
DVD; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono; double-sided.
English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Title from container.
Based on "Roots" and "Search" and additional material by Alex Haley.
Developed for television by Ernest Kinoy.
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1979.
Special features: Disc 4: Behind-the-scenes documentary "Roots: the next generations: the legacy continues."

Statement of responsibility: a David L. Wolper production in association with Warner Bros. Television ; producer, Stan Margulies ; teleplay by Sydney A. Glass, Ernest Kinoy, Thad Mumford, John McGreevey, Daniel Wilcox ; directed by Georg Stanford Brown, Charles S. Dubin, John Erman, Lloyd Richards

Physical description: 4 videodiscs (688 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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