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Roots

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).

Kunta Kinte is born in The Gambia, West Africa, in 1750. He is captured by a slave trader and sold to a plantation owner in Maryland in 1767. Kunta tries to escape, but a pair of slave-catchers seize him, bind him, and chop off about half his right foot. He eventually submits to the harsh life of a chattel slave and marries Bell in 1780.

Credits

Cast
LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., John Amos, Ben Vereen, Cicely Tyson, Georg Stanford Brown, Richard Roundtree, O. J. Simpson, Leslie Uggams, Madge Sinclair, Ed Asner, Chuck Connors, Lloyd Bridges, Sandy Duncan

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

Complete catalog record
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).

Related films

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record
  2. U.S. Copyright Office, Catalog of Copyright Entries (renewals, 1970–1978) — copyright

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