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ROOTS: EPISODES 3 & 4
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Winner of nine Emmy Awards and the Golden Globe for Best Drama Series, the mini-series “Roots” aired in January of 1977 to an audience of an estimated 130 million viewers. Based on the novel "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" by Alex Haley, it captivated America with the realistic dramatization of slavery and the struggle for freedom. Traces the lives of Alex Haley’s ancestors from his first-known descendent, Kunta Kinte, to his own birth. Stars: LeVar Burton, John Amos, Edward Asner, Olivia Cole, Louis Gossett Jr., Leslie Uggams, Cicely Tyson, and many more. This Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition DVD is a three-disc set which has three different CMP media numbers. This disc contains episodes 3 and 4, which review the Revolutionary War period, Kunta Kinte's marriage, the birth of his daughter Kizzy and her being sold into slavery, Kizzy bearing the son of her new master, and her eventual return to her birthplace. Audio in English and Spanish. Subtitled in English, Spanish and French.
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| Format: |
#10300 DVD C
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| Length: |
191 minutes
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| Grade/Interest Level: |
TT -
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| Production Year: | 1977 |
| Producer/Distributor: |
WARNER HOME VIDEO
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| Lesson Guide: |
no guide available
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| Topics - Subjects: |
History -
African-Americans
History -
U.S. History
Language Arts -
Spanish Language
Literature -
American Literature
Literature -
Haley, Alex Palmer
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