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Roots.

Title
  1. Roots. Episode 3 [videorecordings] / David L. Wolper Productions ; producer, Stan Margulies ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky ; written by James Lee and William Blinn.
Published by
  1. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1992, 1977.

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Additional authors
  1. Haley, Alex
  2. Margulies, Stan
  3. Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
  4. Lee, James, 1923-
  5. Blinn, William
  6. Amos, John, 1939-
  7. George, Lynda Day
  8. Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024
  9. Greene, Lorne
  10. Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982.
  11. Reed, Robert
  12. Sinclair, Madge
  13. Wolper Productions
  14. Warner Home Video (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (95 min.) : sd.,col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Third 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. During the time of the American Revolutionary War, Kunta Kinte escapes slavery again, and is crippled by slave catchers. He marries, and sacrifices his freedom to care for his wife and their newborn daughter, Kizzy.
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. Slavery > United States
  10. Slave-trade > United States
Genre/Form
  1. Feature films.
  2. Video.
  3. Historical.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-354c
Note
  1. Based on the book of the same title by Alex Haley.
  2. Videocassette release of the 1977 television miniseries.
Performer (note)
  1. John Amos, Lynda Day George, Louis Gossett, Lorne Greene, Vic Morrow, Robert Reed, Madge Sinclair.
Audience (note)
  1. General.
System details (note)
  1. VHS.
Title
  1. Roots. Episode 3 [videorecordings] / David L. Wolper Productions ; producer, Stan Margulies ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky ; written by James Lee and William Blinn.
Imprint
  1. Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, c1992, 1977.
Cast
  1. John Amos, Lynda Day George, Louis Gossett, Lorne Greene, Vic Morrow, Robert Reed, Madge Sinclair.
Audience
  1. General.
System details
  1. VHS.
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Added author
  1. Haley, Alex. Roots.
  2. Margulies, Stan. Producer
  3. Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022, director.
  4. Lee, James, 1923- writer.
  5. Blinn, William, writer.
  6. Amos, John, 1939-
  7. George, Lynda Day.
  8. Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024
  9. Greene, Lorne.
  10. Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982.
  11. Reed, Robert.
  12. Sinclair, Madge.
  13. Wolper Productions.
  14. Warner Home Video (Firm)
Publisher no.
  1. 12626 Warner Home Video
ISBN
  1. 0790714639
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-354c
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