Roots /

The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	Roots (Television program : 2016)
Other Authors:	Konner, Lawrence (Screenwriter), Rosenthal, Mark D. (Screenwriter), Meir, Sharone (director of photography.), Heffes, Alex (composer (expression)), Miller, Philip, 1964- (composer (expression)), Carter, Ruthe (Costume designer), Cilliers, Diana (Costume designer), Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961- (Actor), Goode, Matthew, 1978- (Actor), Kirby, Malachi, 1989- (Actor), Luke, Derek, 1974- (Actor), Obi, Chris (Actor), Olusanmokun, Babs (Actor), Purefoy, James, 1964- (Actor), Whitaker, Forest (Actor), Williams-Stirling, Kedar (Actor), Brown, Simona (Actor), Curran, Tony, 1969- (Actor), Kae-Kazim, Hakeem (Actor), McGuinness, Katie (Actor), McDonald, Alison (Screenwriter) (Screenwriter), Menzies, Peter, Jr (director of photography.), Corinealdi, Emayatzy, 1980- (Actor), Crutchfield, E'myri (Actor), Hannelius, G. (Genevieve), 1998- (Actor), Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977- (Actor), Van Peebles, Mandela, 1994- (Actor), Lucio, Shannon, 1980- (Actor), Murray, Charles (Screenwriter) (Screenwriter), Coleman, Chad (Actor), Page, Regé-Jean (Actor), Rose, Anika Noni, 1972- (Actor), Shaw, Michael James (Actor), Tazel, Erica (Actor), Rice, Brett, 1954- (Actor), Rolston, Mark (Actor), Garrison, Lane, 1980- (Actor), T. I., 1980- (Actor), Paquin, Anna (Actor), Phifer, Mekhi, 1975- (Actor), Threatt, Sedale, Jr (Actor), Haley, Alex
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Published:	[Santa Monica, California] : A & E Television Networks, LLC, [2016]
Subjects:	Kinte family > Drama. Haley family > Drama. Haley, Alex > Television adaptations. Haley, Alex. Haley family. Kinte family. Slavery > United States > Drama. African Americans > Drama. Abolitionists > United States > Drama. African American families > Drama. Slavery > Drama. Abolitionists. African American families. African Americans. Slavery. United States. Biographical television programs. Drama. Fiction television programs. Historical television programs. Television adaptations. Television mini-series. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Table of Contents:

Disc 1. Night 1 / starring Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Malachi Kirby, Derek Luke, Chris Obi, Babatunde Olusanmokun, James Purefoy, Forest Whitaker, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Simona Brown, Tony Curran, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Katie McGuinness ; costume designers, Ruth E. Carter, Diana Cilliers ; music by Alex Heffes, Philip Miller ; edited by Martin Nicholson, Greg Babor ; production designers, Ida Random, Jonathan Hely-Hutchinson ; director of photography, Sharone Meir ; producers, Ann Kindberg, Cheryl Eatock ; teleplay by Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal ; directed by Phillip Noyce
Night 2 / starring Emayatzy Corinealdi, E'Myri Lee Crutchfield, G. Hannelius, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Mandela van Peebles, Shannon Lucio ; edited by James D. Wilcox ; director of photography, Peter Menzies, Jr. ; teleplay by Alison McDonald ; directed by Mario Van Peebles.
Disc 2. Night 3 / starring Chad L. Coleman, Regé-Jean Page, Anika Noni Rose, Michael James Shaw, Erica Tazel, Brett Rice, Mark Rolston ; edited by Neil Mandelberg ; teleplay by Charles Murray ; directed by Thomas Carter
Night 4 / starring Lane Garrison, Tip 'TI' Harris, Anna Paquin, Mekhi Phifer, Sedale Threatt, Jr. ; edited by David Beatty ; teleplay by Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal ; directed by Bruce Beresford
disc 3. Bonus feature: Roots: a history revealed.