Roots : the gift

DVD 2002

Christmas Eve, 1775. For the celebrants at Parker Plantation, it's a time of joy and giving. For enslaved friends Fiddler and Kunta Kinte, it's a chance to give to other slaves the most precious gift of all: freedom.

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African Americans Drama

African Americans Social life and customs Drama

Families Drama

Slavery United States Drama

United States History Drama

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1 videodisc (approximately 94 min.) : sound, color ; 12 cm
polychrome
digital
optical
Dolby
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
OFRB rating : 14A, mature theme, violence, disturbing content

Notes:

Based on the book: Roots / Alex Haley
Home use only. Public performance rights NOT included
Originally produced for television in 1977
Starring: Louis Gossett, Jr., LeVar Burton, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, Shaun Cassidy, John McMartin, Jerry Hardin, Annabella Price, Fran Bennett, Tim Russ, Michael Learned
DVD player required; Dolby digital mono.; region 1

Control Number:

3147898

Other Authors:

Amos, John, 1939-2024
Angelou, Maya
Asner, Edward
Blinn, William
Bridges, Lloyd
Brown, Georg Stanford
Burton, LeVar
Carey, Macdonald
Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
Cohen, M. Charles
Cole, Olivia, 1942-2018
Collins, Gary, 1938-2012
Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992
Crothers, Scat Man
Cumbuka, Ji-Tu
Davis, Brad, 1949-1991
Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
Erman, John, 1935-2021
Fried, Gerald
George, Lynda Day
Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024
Greene, David, 1921-2003
Greene, Lorne
Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993
Haley, Alex. Roots
Hamilton, George, 1939-
Hicks, Hilly
Hilton-Jacobs, Lawrence, 1953-
Ives, Burl, 1909-1995
Jones, Carolyn, 1930-1983
Jones, Quincy, 1933-2024
Kinoy, Ernest
Larner, Stevan
Lee, James, 1923-2002
Margulies, Stan
McClure, Doug, 1935-1995
McShane, Ian, 1942-
Moody, Lynne
Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982
Moses, Gilbert
Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991
Reed, Robert, 1932-1992
Rhodes, Harry
Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023
Schuck, John, 1940-
Shenar, Paul
Simpson, O. J., 1947-2024
Sinclair, Madge
Tyson, Cicely
Uggams, Leslie
Vereen, Ben
Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
Watson, William, 1896-1967
Wolper Pictures (Firm)
Woods, Renn, 1958-

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