Roots

Resource Information

The work Roots represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Dallas Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Roots

Statement of responsibility

David L. Wolper Productions ; Warner Bros. Television ; producer, Stan Margulies ; writers, William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directors, Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses

Creator

• Roots (Television program : 1977)

Contributor

• Tyson, Cicely
• Uggams, Leslie
• Vereen, Ben
• Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
• Wilcots, Joseph M., 1939-
• Wolper, David L.
• Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Amos, John, 1939-
• Warner Bros. Television
• Asner, Edward
• Blinn, William
• Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Burton, LeVar
• Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-
• Cohen, M. Charles
• Cole, Olivia, 1942-2018
• Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992
• Erman, John, 1935-
• Fried, Gerald
• Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
• Greene, David, 1921-2003
• Greene, Lorne
• Heckert, James T.
• Jones, Quincy, 1933-
• Kinoy, Ernest
• Larner, Stevan
• Lee, James, 1923-2002
• Margulies, Stan
• Wolper Productions
• Moses, Gilbert
• Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991
• Reed, Robert, 1932-1992
• Schuck, John, 1940-
• Sinclair, Madge
• Travis, Neil, 1936-2012

Actor

• Amos, John, 1939-
• Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
• Vereen, Ben
• Uggams, Leslie
• Tyson, Cicely
• Sinclair, Madge
• Schuck, John, 1940-
• Reed, Robert, 1932-1992
• Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991
• Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982
• Greene, Lorne
• Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
• Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992
• Cole, Olivia, 1942-2018
• Burton, LeVar
• Asner, Edward

Cinematographer

• Larner, Stevan
• Wilcots, Joseph M., 1939-

Composer

• Jones, Quincy, 1933-
• Fried, Gerald

Film distributor

• Warner Home Video (Firm)

Film editor

• Travis, Neil, 1936-2012
• Heckert, James T.

Production company

• Wolper Productions
• Warner Bros. Television

Publisher

• Warner Bros. Entertainment

Screenwriter

• Cohen, M. Charles
• Kinoy, Ernest
• Blinn, William
• Lee, James, 1923-2002

Television director

• Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-
• Erman, John, 1935-
• Moses, Gilbert
• Greene, David, 1921-2003

Television producer

• Wolper, David L.
• Margulies, Stan

Subject

• Slavery -- United States -- Drama
• African Americans -- Drama
• United States -- History -- Drama
• Moore family -- Drama
• Southern States -- History -- Drama
• Kinte family -- Drama
• African American families -- Drama
• Jackson family -- Drama
• Haley, Alex -- Family -- Drama
• Haley family -- Drama
• African Americans -- History -- Drama

Genre

• Drama

Language

• dan
• fin
• nor
• swe
• eng
• eng
• eng
• spa
• fre
• ita
• spa
• fre
• ita
• dut
• eng

Summary

Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel about his African ancestors, that followed several generations in the lives of a slave family

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; music, Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones ; executive producer, David L. Wolper

Date time place

Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1977

Dewey number

791.45/75

Language note

English, Spanish, French or Italian dialogue; Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian or Swedish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing. (Some language choices not listed on container.)

LC call number

PN1992.77

LC item number

.R668 2016

PerformerNote

LeVar Burton, John Amos, Ben Vereen, Cicely Tyson, Thalmus Rasulala, Edward Asner, Ralph Waite, Lorne Greene, Vic Morrow, Chuck Connors, John Schuck, Leslie Uggams, Robert Reed, Lou Gossett, Madge Sinclair, Olivia Cole

Runtime

587

Technique

live action