Roots, the next generations

Wolper, David L., (producer.). Margulies, Stan, (producer.). Glass, Sydney A., (screenwriter.). Kinoy, Ernest, (producer,, screenwriter.). Mumford, Thad, (screenwriter.). Wilcox, Daniel, (screenwriter.). McGreevey, John, (screenwriter.). Erman, John, 1935- (director.). Dubin, Charles, (director.). Brown, Georg Stanford, (director,, actor.). Richards, Lloyd, 1919-2006 (director.). Allen, Debbie, 1950- (actor.). Barrie, Barbara, (actor.). Brando, Marlon, (actor.). Broderick, James, (actor.). Cara, Irene, 1959- (actor.). Carroll, Diahann, (actor.). Casey, Bernie, (actor.). Chamberlin, Lee, (actor.). Constantine, Michael, (actor.). Culp, Robert, 1930-2010 (actor.). Daly, James, 1918-1978 (actor.). De Havilland, Olivia, (actor.). Dee, Ruby, (actor.). Evans, Damon, (actor.). Fell, Norman, 1924-1998 (actor.). Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982 (actor.). Freeman, Al, Jr., 1934-2012 (actor.). Gaillard, Slim, (actor.). Grier, Pam, 1949- (actor.). Grier, Rosey, (actor.). Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012 (actor.). Harewood, Dorian, (actor.). Holliday, Kene, (actor.). Johnson, Rafer, 1935- (actor.). Jones, James Earl, (actor.). Koslo, Paul, 1944- (actor.). Long, Avon, (actor.). McNeil, Claudia, (actor.). McRae, Carmen, (actor.). Merrill, Dina, (actor.). Moody, Lynne, 1950- (actor.). Morgan, Harry, 1915-2011 (actor.). Morris, Greg, (actor.). Mosley, Roger E., 1944- (actor.). O'Loughlin, Gerald S., (actor.). Richards, Beah E., (actor.). Rodriguez, Percy, (actor.). Rubinstein, John, 1946- (actor.). Shaw, Stan, 1952- (actor.). Singer, Marc, 1948- (actor.). Thomas, Richard, 1951- (actor.). Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981 (actor.). Williams, Hal, 1938- (actor.). Winfield, Paul, (actor.). Haley, Alex Roots. (Added Author). Haley, Alex My search for roots. (Added Author). Wolper Productions. (Added Author). Warner Bros. Television. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). 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. (Cast).

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 1419846906
Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (688 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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videorecording
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on "Roots" and "Search" and additional material by Alex Haley. Special features: Behind-the-scenes documentary "Roots: the next generations: the legacy continues."
Formatted Contents Note:	disc 1, side A: ep. 1 / teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman -- disc 1, side B: ep. 2 / teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by Charles S. Dubin -- disc 2, side A: ep. 3 / teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman -- disc 2, side B: ep. 4 / teleplay by Sidney A. Glass and Ernest Kinoy; directed by Charles S. Dubin -- disc 3, side A: ep. 5 / teleplay by Thad Mumford and Daniel Wilcox ; directed by George Stanford Brown -- disc 3, side B: ep. 6 / teleplay by John McCreevey; directed by Lloyd Richards -- disc 4, side A: ep. 7 / teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman. Roots, the next generations: the legacy continues (2003; ca. 8 min.)
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music, Gerald Fried.
Participant or Performer Note:	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 an Event Note:	DVD release of episodes originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1979.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD ; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono; three discs are double-sided.
Language Note:	Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Can be viewed subtitled in English, French or Spanish.