TY  - ADVS
AU  - Margulies,Stan
AU  - Blinn,William
AU  - Chomsky,Marvin J.
AU  - Burton,LeVar
AU  - Amos,John
AU  - Vereen,Ben
AU  - Tyson,Cicely
AU  - Rasulala,Thalmus
AU  - Asner,Edward
AU  - Waite,Ralph
AU  - Greene,Lorne
AU  - Morrow,Vic
AU  - Connors,Chuck
ED  - Wolper Productions.
ED  - Warner Bros. Television.
TI  - Roots
SN  - 0790763958
PY  - 2001///]
CY  - [United States]
PB  - Warner Home Video
KW  - Haley, Alex
KW  - Kinte family
KW  - Haley family
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Drama
KW  - Television programs
KW  - Films for the hearing impaired
N1  - Standard version; double-sided; Based on the novel by Alex Haley; Originally broadcast as a television miniseries in 1977; released as videodisc on Jan. 15, 2002; Special features: Digitally remastered image and audio from restored elements; commentary by executive producer David L. Wolper, Ed Asner, LeVar Burton, Cicely Tyson, John Amos, Sandy Duncan, Leslie Uggams, Stan Winston and others; behind-the-scenes documentary "Remembering Roots"; DVD-ROM features: Roots family tree and web site links; Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones; LeVar Burton, John Amos, Ben Vereen, Cicely Tyson, Thalmus Rasulala, Edward Asner, Ralph Waite, Lorne Green, Vic Morrow, Chuck Connors, John Schuck, Leslie Uggams, Robert Reed, Lou Gossett; MPAA rating: Not rated
N2  - 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 was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boys' abduction to America and continues throughout the generations that follow
ER  -