Roots

Duration: 720 mi

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Films inc.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 23Jan77 · LP47569 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Wolper Pictures Registered 29Jan77 · LP47570 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Wolper Pictures Registered 26Jan77 · LP47571 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Wolper Pictures Registered 27Jan77 · LP47572 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Wolper Pictures Registered 28Jan77 · LP47573 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Wolper Pictures Registered 25Jan77 · LP47574 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Wolper Pictures Registered 24Jan77 · LP47575 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Wolper Pictures Registered 30Jan77 · LP47576 (Jan-Jun 1977) Copyright holder: Wolper Pictures

Description: 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 was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed. Note CONTENTS: Episode 1: The African (pt. 1); Episode 2: The African (pt. 2); Episode 3: The Slave (pt. 1); Episode 4: The Slave (pt. 2); Episode 5: The Escape; Episode 6: The Choice; Episode 7: Uprooted; Episode 8: Chicken George (pt. 1); Episode 9: Chicken George (pt. 2); Episode 10: The War; Episode 11: Freedom (pt. 1); Episode 12: Freedom (pt. 2).