Roots
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The work Roots represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fountaindale Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
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Roots
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The work Roots represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fountaindale Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- Roots
- Statement of responsibility
- directed by Bruce Beresford [and three others] ; writers, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Alison McDonald ; producers, Ann Kindberg, George Parra
- Subject
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- African American families -- Drama
- African Americans -- Drama
- Fiction television programs
- Haley, Alex -- Television adaptations
- Historical television programs
- Abolitionists -- United States -- Drama
- Slavery -- United States -- Drama
- Television mini-series
- United States
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Language
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- eng
- spa
- eng
- eng
- eng
- Summary
- The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil war. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit
- Cataloging source
- TEFMT
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Directed by Bruce Beresford [and three others] ; writers, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Alison McDonald ; producers, Ann Kindberg, George Parra
- Dewey number
- 791.45/75
- Intended audience
- Rating: TV14
- Language note
- English dialogue; Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; closed-captioned
- LC call number
- PN1992.77
- LC item number
- .R66 2016
- PerformerNote
- Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Rhys-meyers, James Breaux, Newton James Hippolyte Jr
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
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