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Roots.

Title
  1. Roots. Episode 5 / David L. Wolper Productions ; producer, Stan Margulies ; directed by Gilbert Moses ; written by James Lee, William Blinn and M. Charles Cohen.
Published by
  1. Burbank, CA. : Warner Home Video, c1992, c1977.

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Additional authors
  1. Margulies, Stan
  2. Moses, Gilbert
  3. Lee, James
  4. Blinn, William
  5. Cohen, M. Charles
  6. Haley, Alex
  7. Bridges, Lloyd
  8. Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992.
  9. Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
  10. Uggams, Leslie
  11. Vereen, Ben
  12. Moody, Lynne
  13. Davis, Brad, 1949-1991.
  14. Hicks, Hilly
  15. Cole, Olivia, 1942-2018.
  16. Wolper Productions
  17. Warner Home Video (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (95 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Fifth episode of an adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors, Kunta Kinte, was captured and sold into slavery. The series follows the struggle for freedom which began with the young man's abduction and was continued by his descendants.
  2. Chicken George is sent to England as payment for his owner's gambling debt. Fourteen years later, he returns to American a free man. The Civil War erupts , and the era of slavery draws to an end.
Subject
  1. Haley, Alex
  2. Kinte family
  3. Haley family
  4. Biographical films
  5. Film adaptations
  6. Race relations in motion pictures
  7. African Americans in motion pictures
  8. African Americans > Biography
  9. Enslaved persons > Emancipation > United States
  10. Slavery > United States
Genre/Form
  1. Feature films.
  2. Video.
  3. Historical.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-354e
Note
  1. Based on the book of the same title by Alex Haley.
  2. Videocassette release of the 1977 television miniseries.
Performer (note)
  1. Lloyd Bridges, Chuck Connors, Sandy Duncan, Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen, Lynne Moody, Brad Davis, Hilly Hicks, Olivia Cole.
Audience (note)
  1. General.
System details (note)
  1. VHS.
Title
  1. Roots. Episode 5 / David L. Wolper Productions ; producer, Stan Margulies ; directed by Gilbert Moses ; written by James Lee, William Blinn and M. Charles Cohen.
Imprint
  1. Burbank, CA. : Warner Home Video, c1992, c1977.
Cast
  1. Lloyd Bridges, Chuck Connors, Sandy Duncan, Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen, Lynne Moody, Brad Davis, Hilly Hicks, Olivia Cole.
Audience
  1. General.
System details
  1. VHS.
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Added author
  1. Margulies, Stan. Producer
  2. Moses, Gilbert. Director
  3. Lee, James, writer.
  4. Blinn, William, writer.
  5. Cohen, M. Charles, writer.
  6. Haley, Alex. Roots.
  7. Bridges, Lloyd.
  8. Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992.
  9. Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
  10. Uggams, Leslie.
  11. Vereen, Ben.
  12. Moody, Lynne.
  13. Davis, Brad, 1949-1991.
  14. Hicks, Hilly.
  15. Cole, Olivia, 1942-2018.
  16. Wolper Productions.
  17. Warner Home Video (Firm)
Publisher no.
  1. 12628 Warner Home Video
ISBN
  1. 0790714655
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-354e
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