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Roots.

Title
  1. Roots. Episode 2 / David L. Wolper Productions ; producer, Stan Margulies ; directed by David Greene and John Erman ; written by Ernest Kinoy and William Blinn.
Published by
  1. Burbank, CA. : Warner Home Video, c1992, c1977.

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Additional authors
  1. Haley, Alex
  2. Margulies, Stan
  3. Greene, David, 1921-2003.
  4. Erman, John, 1935-2021.
  5. Kinoy, Ernest
  6. Blinn, William
  7. Burton, LeVar
  8. Asner, Edward
  9. Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024
  10. Greene, Lorne
  11. Reed, Robert, 1932-1992.
  12. Waite, Ralph, 1928-
  13. Cumbuka, Ji-Tu.
  14. George, Lynda Day
  15. Wolper Productions
  16. Warner Home Video (Firm)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (94 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  1. Second 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. Kunta Kinte survives the voyage of a slaveship and is sold at an Annapolis slave auction. Fiddler, the slave in charge of his training, becomes his only friend; the friendship is tested when Kunta plans an escape to be with a woman he loves.
Subject
  1. Historical
  2. Haley family
  3. African Americans > Biography
  4. Feature films
  5. Biographical films
  6. Slavery > United States
  7. African Americans in motion pictures
  8. Haley, Alex
  9. Video
  10. Kinte family
  11. Race relations in motion pictures
  12. Film adaptations
  13. Slave-trade > United States
Genre/Form
  1. Feature films.
  2. Video.
  3. Historical.
Call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-354b
Note
  1. Based on the book of the same title by Alex Haley.
  2. Videocassette release of the 1977 television miniseries.
Performer (note)
  1. LeVar Burton, Edward Asner, Louis Gossett, Lorne Greene, Robert Reed, Ralph Waite, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Lynda Day George.
Audience (note)
  1. General.
System details (note)
  1. VHS.
Title
  1. Roots. Episode 2 / David L. Wolper Productions ; producer, Stan Margulies ; directed by David Greene and John Erman ; written by Ernest Kinoy and William Blinn.
Imprint
  1. Burbank, CA. : Warner Home Video, c1992, c1977.
Cast
  1. LeVar Burton, Edward Asner, Louis Gossett, Lorne Greene, Robert Reed, Ralph Waite, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Lynda Day George.
Audience
  1. General.
System details
  1. VHS.
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Added author
  1. Haley, Alex. Roots.
  2. Margulies, Stan. Producer
  3. Greene, David, 1921-2003. Director
  4. Erman, John, 1935-2021. Director
  5. Kinoy, Ernest, writer.
  6. Blinn, William, writer.
  7. Burton, LeVar.
  8. Asner, Edward.
  9. Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024
  10. Greene, Lorne. Director
  11. Reed, Robert, 1932-1992.
  12. Waite, Ralph, 1928-
  13. Cumbuka, Ji-Tu.
  14. George, Lynda Day.
  15. Wolper Productions.
  16. Warner Home Video (Firm)
Publisher no.
  1. 12625 Warner Home Video
ISBN
  1. 0790714620
Research call number
  1. Sc Visual VRA-354b
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