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6

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Yes

Drama, History, War

USA / English

Lynda Day George	Mrs. Reynolds
Olivia Cole	Mathilda
LeVar Burton	Kunta Kinte / ...
Ben Vereen	'Chicken' George Moore
Vic Morrow	Ames
Ji-Tu Cumbuka	Wrestler
Edward Asner	Capt. Thomas Davies
Ralph Waite	Slater
Robert Reed	Dr. William Reynolds
John Amos	Toby
Madge Sinclair	Bell Reynolds
Leslie Uggams	Kizzy Reynolds
Carolyn Jones	Mrs. Moore
Lloyd Bridges	Evan Brent
Louis Gossett Jr	Fiddler

Director	David Greene; Marvin Chomsky; John Erman; Marvin J Chomsky
Producer	Stan Margulies
Writer	James Lee; William Blinn

His name was Kunta Kinte. Kidnapped from Africa and enslaved in America in 1767, he refused to accept his slave name of Toby. Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, passing on his tale across generations until it reached a young boy growing up in Tennessee, His name was Alex Haley.

Edition Details
Barcode	085391144854
Region	Any Region
Release Date	22-May-07
Screen Ratio	Standard 1.33:1 Color
Subtitles	English; French; Spanish
Audio Tracks	ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC] SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers	Single Side, Single Layer
Nr of Disks/Tapes	6

Personal Details
Purchase Date	April 2008
Store	MAO
Tags	AVI(MAO), DVDCL(MAO)
Links	DVD Empire IMDB Atlantic DVD

Disc 1:

All-New 2007 Documentary
Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated An Entire Nation
2002 Documentary Remembering Roots
Roots: One Year Later Hosted by Louis Gossett Jr.
Cast/Crew Commentaries with Video Option

Through the lineage of one family, Haley and his Pulitzer Prize-winning Roots told a story for all America and world. Seen by 130 million viewers during its premiere telecasts and the winner of dozens of awards, the David L. Wolper production remains an engrossing entertainment 30 years later.