ROOTS

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• Release Year: 1977
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: His name was Kunta Kinte. Kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in America in 1767, he refused to accept his slave name of Toby. Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, passing on his tale across generations until it reached a young boy growing up in Tennessee, His name was Alex Haley. Through the lineage of one family, Haley and his Pulitzer Prize-winning Roots told a story for all America and world. Seen by 130 million viewers during its premiere telecasts and the winner of dozens of awards, the David L. Wolper production remains an engrossing entertainment 30 years later. Embark on an unforgettable DVD journey.
• Cast: Olivia Cole, Ben Vereen, LeVar Burton, John Amos, Leslie Uggams, Carolyn Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Vic Morrow, Chuck Connors, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Edward Asner, Ralph Waite, Robert Reed, Lynda Day George, Madge Sinclair, Scatman Crothers, George Hamilton, Richard Roundtree, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, Brad Davis, Hilly Hicks, Lynne Moody, Lane Binkley, Austin Stoker, Sandy Duncan, Tracey Gold, Moses Gunn, Thalmus Rasulala, Hari Rhodes, William Watson, Renn Woods, Lorne Greene, Thayer David, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Roxie Roker, Lillian Randolph, Davis Roberts, Maya Angelou, Richard McKenzie, John Quade, Doug McClure, Cicely Tyson, Tina Andrews, Rebecca Bess, Henry Butts, Joe Dorsey, Kermit Echols, Richard Farnsworth, Ronnie Leggett, Rachel Longaker, Ernest Thomas, O.J. Simpson, Paul Shenar, Gary Collins, Lee de Broux, Tanya Boyd, Beverly Todd, Raymond St. Jacques, John Schuck, Elma V. Jackson, Macdonald Carey, Ian McShane, Wally Taylor, Sally Kemp, Burl Ives, Charles Cyphers, Todd Bridges, Grand L. Bush, Brooks Clift, Betty Cole, Pat Corley, Fred Covington, Bill Gribble, Stan Haze, Wayne Heffley, Cindy Henderson, Maurice Hunt, Brion James, John Dennis Johnston, James Earl Jones, Macon McCalman, Robert Phalen, Hank Rolike, Roosevelt Smith, Ann Weldon, Yvonne De Carlo, Lee Kessler, Yaphet Kotto, Fred D. Scott, Alex Haley, Chris Hendrie, Sonny Shroyer, Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses, James Lee, William Blinn, Ernest Kinoy, M. Charles Cohen, Stan Margulies, Joseph M. Wilcots, Stevan Larner, James T. Heckert, Neil Travis, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones
• Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
• Runtime: 9:33
• Company: Warner Bros.
• Media Format: Series