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The Resource Roots, the next generations, executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margolis ; developed for television by Ernest Kinoy ; a David L. Wolper production ; Warner Bros. Television

Roots, the next generations, executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margolis ; developed for television by Ernest Kinoy ; a David L. Wolper production ; Warner Bros. Television

Producer
Director
Contributor
Summary
Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
4 videodiscs (688 min.)
Note
  • Based on "Roots" and "Search" and additional material by Alex Haley
  • Special features: Behind-the-scenes documentary "Roots: the next generations: the legacy continues."
Contents
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman
  • disc 2, side B:
  • ep. 4
  • teleplay by Sidney A. Glass and Ernest Kinoy; directed by Charles S. Dubin -- disc 3, side A:
  • ep. 5
  • teleplay by Thad Mumford and Daniel Wilcox ; directed by George Stanford Brown
  • disc 3, side B:
  • ep. 6
  • teleplay by John McCreevey; directed by Lloyd Richards
  • disc 4, side A:
  • disc 1, side A:
  • ep. 7
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman.
  • Roots, the next generations: the legacy continues
  • (2003; ca. 8 min.)
  • ep. 1
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman
  • disc 1, side B:
  • ep. 2
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by Charles S. Dubin
  • disc 2, side A:
  • ep. 3
Isbn
9781419846908
Instance
Label
Roots, the next generations
Title
Roots, the next generations
Statement of responsibility
executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margolis ; developed for television by Ernest Kinoy ; a David L. Wolper production ; Warner Bros. Television
Contributor
Actor
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots
Member of
Awards note
Emmy: Outstanding Limited Series, 1979
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music, Gerald Fried
Date time place
DVD release of episodes originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1979
Dewey number
791.45/75
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Language note
In English, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. Closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1992.77
LC item number
.R6687 2007
PerformerNote
Debbie Allen, Barbara Barrie, Marlon Brando, James Broderick, Georg Stanford Brown, Irene Cara, Diahann Carroll, Bernie Casey, Lee Chamberlin, Michael Constantine, Robert Culp, James Daly, Olivia de Havilland, Ruby Dee, Damon Evans, Norman Fell, Henry Fonda, Al Freeman Jr., Slim Gaillard, Pam Grier, Rosey Grier, Andy Griffith, Dorian Harewood, Kene Holliday, Rafer Johnson, James Earl Jones, Paul Koslo, Avon Long, Claudia McNeil, Carmen McRae, Dina Merrill, Lynne Moody, Harry Morgan, Greg Morris, Roger E. Mosley, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Beah Richards, Percy Rodrigues, John Rubinstein, Stan Shaw, Marc Singer, Richard Thomas, George Voskovec, Hal Williams, Paul Winfield
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1935-
  • 1919-2006
  • 1950-
  • 1959-2022
  • 1930-2010
  • 1918-1978
  • 1924-1998
  • 1905-1982
  • 1934-2012
  • 1949-
  • 1926-2012
  • 1935-2020
  • 1944-2019
  • 1950-
  • 1915-2011
  • 1944-2022
  • 1946-
  • 1952-
  • 1948-
  • 1951-
  • 1905-1981
  • 1938-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Wolper, David L.
  • Margulies, Stan
  • Glass, Sydney A.
  • Kinoy, Ernest
  • Mumford, Thad
  • Wilcox, Daniel
  • McGreevey, John
  • Erman, John
  • Dubin, Charles
  • Brown, Georg Stanford
  • Richards, Lloyd
  • Allen, Debbie
  • Barrie, Barbara
  • Brando, Marlon
  • Broderick, James
  • Cara, Irene
  • Carroll, Diahann
  • Casey, Bernie
  • Chamberlin, Lee
  • Constantine, Michael
  • Culp, Robert
  • Daly, James
  • De Havilland, Olivia
  • Dee, Ruby
  • Evans, Damon
  • Fell, Norman
  • Fonda, Henry
  • Freeman, Al
  • Gaillard, Slim
  • Grier, Pam
  • Grier, Rosey
  • Griffith, Andy
  • Harewood, Dorian
  • Holliday, Kene
  • Johnson, Rafer
  • Jones, James Earl
  • Koslo, Paul
  • Long, Avon
  • McNeil, Claudia
  • McRae, Carmen
  • Merrill, Dina
  • Moody, Lynne
  • Morgan, Harry
  • Morris, Greg
  • Mosley, Roger E.
  • O'Loughlin, Gerald S.
  • Richards, Beah E.
  • Rodriguez, Percy
  • Rubinstein, John
  • Shaw, Stan
  • Singer, Marc
  • Thomas, Richard
  • Voskovec, Jiří
  • Williams, Hal
  • Winfield, Paul
  • Haley, Alex
  • Haley, Alex
  • Wolper Productions
  • Warner Bros. Television
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
688
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Haley, Alex
  • Haley, Alex
  • Haley, Alex
  • Haley family
  • Kinte family
  • African Americans
  • African American families
  • Haley (Familia)
  • Familia
  • Haley, Alex
  • Haley family
  • Kinte family
  • African American families
  • African Americans
  • Families
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Roots, the next generations, executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margolis ; developed for television by Ernest Kinoy ; a David L. Wolper production ; Warner Bros. Television
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Based on "Roots" and "Search" and additional material by Alex Haley
  • Special features: Behind-the-scenes documentary "Roots: the next generations: the legacy continues."
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman
  • disc 2, side B:
  • ep. 4
  • teleplay by Sidney A. Glass and Ernest Kinoy; directed by Charles S. Dubin -- disc 3, side A:
  • ep. 5
  • teleplay by Thad Mumford and Daniel Wilcox ; directed by George Stanford Brown
  • disc 3, side B:
  • ep. 6
  • teleplay by John McCreevey; directed by Lloyd Richards
  • disc 4, side A:
  • disc 1, side A:
  • ep. 7
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman.
  • Roots, the next generations: the legacy continues
  • (2003; ca. 8 min.)
  • ep. 1
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman
  • disc 1, side B:
  • ep. 2
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by Charles S. Dubin
  • disc 2, side A:
  • ep. 3
Control code
ocn151243580
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
4 videodiscs (688 min.)
Governing access note
For private home use only
Isbn
9781419846908
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
085391125358
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
112535
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD ; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono; three discs are double-sided
Terms governing use
For private home use only.
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Roots, the next generations, executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margolis ; developed for television by Ernest Kinoy ; a David L. Wolper production ; Warner Bros. Television
Publication
Note
  • Based on "Roots" and "Search" and additional material by Alex Haley
  • Special features: Behind-the-scenes documentary "Roots: the next generations: the legacy continues."
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman
  • disc 2, side B:
  • ep. 4
  • teleplay by Sidney A. Glass and Ernest Kinoy; directed by Charles S. Dubin -- disc 3, side A:
  • ep. 5
  • teleplay by Thad Mumford and Daniel Wilcox ; directed by George Stanford Brown
  • disc 3, side B:
  • ep. 6
  • teleplay by John McCreevey; directed by Lloyd Richards
  • disc 4, side A:
  • disc 1, side A:
  • ep. 7
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman.
  • Roots, the next generations: the legacy continues
  • (2003; ca. 8 min.)
  • ep. 1
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman
  • disc 1, side B:
  • ep. 2
  • teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by Charles S. Dubin
  • disc 2, side A:
  • ep. 3
Control code
ocn151243580
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
4 videodiscs (688 min.)
Governing access note
For private home use only
Isbn
9781419846908
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
085391125358
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
112535
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD ; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono; three discs are double-sided
Terms governing use
For private home use only.
Video recording format
DVD

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