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Roots.

Title
Roots. Episode 2 / David L. Wolper Productions ; producer, Stan Margulies ; directed by David Greene and John Erman ; written by Ernest Kinoy and William Blinn.
Publication
Burbank, CA. : Warner Home Video, c1992, c1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Haley, Alex
  • Margulies, Stan
  • Greene, David, 1921-2003.
  • Erman, John, 1935-2021.
  • Kinoy, Ernest
  • Blinn, William
  • Burton, LeVar
  • Asner, Edward
  • Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024
  • Greene, Lorne
  • Reed, Robert, 1932-1992.
  • Waite, Ralph, 1928-
  • Cumbuka, Ji-Tu.
  • George, Lynda Day
  • Wolper Productions
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Description
1 videocassette (94 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
  • Second episode of 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, Kunta Kinte, was captured and sold into slavery. The series follows the struggle for freedom which began with the young man's abduction and was continued by his descendants.
  • Kunta Kinte survives the voyage of a slaveship and is sold at an Annapolis slave auction. Fiddler, the slave in charge of his training, becomes his only friend; the friendship is tested when Kunta plans an escape to be with a woman he loves.
Subject
  • Haley, Alex
  • Kinte family
  • Haley family
  • Biographical films
  • Film adaptations
  • Race relations in motion pictures
  • African Americans in motion pictures
  • African Americans > Biography
  • Slavery > United States
  • Slave-trade > United States
Genre/Form
  • Feature films.
  • Video.
  • Historical.
Note
  • Based on the book of the same title by Alex Haley.
  • Videocassette release of the 1977 television miniseries.
Performer (note)
  • LeVar Burton, Edward Asner, Louis Gossett, Lorne Greene, Robert Reed, Ralph Waite, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Lynda Day George.
Audience (note)
  • General.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-354b
ISBN
0790714620
OCLC
  • 27299658
  • NYPG98-F531
Title
Roots. Episode 2 / David L. Wolper Productions ; producer, Stan Margulies ; directed by David Greene and John Erman ; written by Ernest Kinoy and William Blinn.
Imprint
Burbank, CA. : Warner Home Video, c1992, c1977.
Cast
LeVar Burton, Edward Asner, Louis Gossett, Lorne Greene, Robert Reed, Ralph Waite, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Lynda Day George.
Audience
General.
System Details
VHS.
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Added Author
Haley, Alex. Roots.
Margulies, Stan. Producer
Greene, David, 1921-2003. Director
Erman, John, 1935-2021. Director
Kinoy, Ernest, writer.
Blinn, William, writer.
Burton, LeVar.
Asner, Edward.
Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024
Greene, Lorne. Director
Reed, Robert, 1932-1992.
Waite, Ralph, 1928-
Cumbuka, Ji-Tu.
George, Lynda Day.
Wolper Productions.
Warner Home Video (Firm)
Publisher No.
12625 Warner Home Video
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRA-354b
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