Roots. [digital videorecording]
2016
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"ROOTS is a historical portrait of American slavery recounting the journey of one family's will to survive, endure and ultimately, carry on their legacy despite enormous hardship and inhumanity. Spanning multiple generations, the lineage begins with young Kunta Kinte, who is captured in his homeland of The Gambia and sold into slavery. Throughout the series, the family continues to face adversity that reveals powerful truths about the universal resilience of the human spirit." -- jbhifi.com.au.
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Australia A+E Networks Distributed by Beyond Home Entertainment, [2016]copyright2016
Collation:
3 videodiscs (approximately 371 minutes) : (DVD video) sound, colour ; 12 cm.
Notes:
Catalogued from container.Beyond Home Entertainment : BHE7403.Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 2016.Based on Alex Haley's best selling novel.Special feature : Roots: A history revealed ; The saga of an American family revisited ; The women of Roots.English.
Credits:
Producers, Ann Kindberg (nights 1-4), Cheryl Eatock (night 1) ; produced by Alissa M. Kantrow ; teleplay by Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal (nights 1 and 4), Alison McDonald (night 2), Charles Murray (night 3) ; directed by Phillip Noyce (night 1), Mario Van Peebles (night 2), Thomas Carter (night 3), Bruce Beresford (night 4) ; costume designers, Ruth E. Carter (nights 1-4), Diana Cilliers (night 1) ; music by Alex Heffes (nights 1-4), Philip Miller (night 1) ; edited by Martin Nicholson, Greg Babor (night 1), James D. Wilcox (night 2), Neil Mandelberg (night 3), David Beatty (night 4) ; production designers, Ida Random (nights 1-4), Jonathan Hely-Hutchinson (night 1) ; directors of photography, Sharone Meir (night 1), Peter Menzies, Jr. (nights 2-4).
Performers:
Cast: Chad Coleman, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Tip 'TI' Harris, Malachi Kirby, Derek Luke, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Rege´-Jean Page, Anna Paquin, Mekhi Phifer, James Purefoy, Anika Noni Rose, Erica Tazel, Sedale Threatt, Jr., Forest Whitaker.
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Classification : MA15+.
System details:
DVD; PAL, region 4, 16:9; Dolby Digital.
Dewey class:
DVD
Language:
English
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Subject:
Kinte family -- DramaHaley family -- DramaJackson family -- DramaAfrican Americans -- United States -- DramaAfrican American families -- United States -- DramaSlavery -- United States -- DramaAbolitionists -- United States -- DramaPlantation life -- History -- DramaSouthern States -- History -- DramaUnited States -- History -- DramaBiographical television programsFiction television programsTelevision mini-series
BRN:
17718
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