Roots : the next generations
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Subjects

LC Subjects
African American families.
African Americans.
Biographical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Haley family.
Haley, Alex -- Family.
Haley, Alex.
Historical television programs.
Kinte family.
Television mini-series.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Subjects
Familia -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro.
Haley (Familia) -- Teatro.

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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (688 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4in.
Language
English
UPC
085391125358

Notes

General Note
Special features: Behind the scenes documentary; Roots, the next generations: The legacy continues.
General Note
Based on the books Roots and Search by Alex Haley.
Participants/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.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1979.
Description
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.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
English dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Wolper, D. L., Margulies, S., Glass, S. A., Kinoy, E., Mumford, T., McGreevey, J., Wilcox, D., Brown, G. S., Dubin, C., Erman, J., Richards, L., Allen, D., Barrie, B., Brando, M., Broderick, J., Cara, I., Carroll, D., Casey, B., Chamberlin, L., Constantine, M., Culp, R., Daly, J., De Havilland, O., Dee, R., Evans, D., Fell, N., Fonda, H., Freeman, A., Gaillard, S., Grier, P., Grier, R., Griffith, A., Harewood, D., Holliday, K., Johnson, R., Jones, J. E., Koslo, P., Long, A., McNeil, C., McRae, C., Merrill, D., Moody, L., Morgan, H., Morris, G., Mosley, R. E., O'Loughlin, G. S., Richards, B. E., Rodrigues, P., Rubinstein, J., Shaw, S., Singer, M., Thomas, R., Voskovec, J., Williams, H., Winfield, P., & Haley, A. (2007). Roots: the next generations (DVD ; Full screen.). Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

David L. Wolper et al.. 2007. Roots: The Next Generations. Warner Home Video.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

David L. Wolper et al.. Roots: The Next Generations Warner Home Video, 2007.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Wolper, David L., et al. Roots: The Next Generations DVD ; Full screen., Warner Home Video, 2007.

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