Roots

Resource Information

The work Roots represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sno-Isle Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Roots

Statement of responsibility

developed for television by William Blinn ; executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margulies ; written for television by William Blinn, M. Charles Cohen, Ernest Kinoy, James Lee ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky, John Erman, David Greene, Gilbert Moses ; a David L. Wolper production

Contributor

• Jones, Quincy, 1933-
• Kinoy, Ernest
• Kirby, Peter, (Peter William)
• Larner, Stevan
• Lee, James, 1923-2002
• Margulies, Stan
• McClure, Doug, 1935-1995
• McShane, Ian, 1942-
• Moody, Lynne, 1950-
• Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982
• Moses, Gilbert
• Rasulala, Thalmus, 1939-1991
• Reed, Robert, 1932-1992
• Rhodes, Hari
• Roundtree, Richard, 1942-
• Schuck, John, 1940-
• Shenar, Paul
• Simpson, O. J., 1947-
• Sinclair, Madge
• St. Jacques, Raymond, 1930-1990
• Todd, Beverly, 1946-
• Tyson, Cicely
• Uggams, Leslie
• Vereen, Ben
• Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014
• Watson, William, 1938-1997
• Wilcots, Joseph M., 1939-
• Wolper, David L
• Woods, Renn, 1958-
• Travis, Neil
• Amos, John, 1939-
• Angelou, Maya
• Asner, Edward
• Blinn, William
• Bridges, Lloyd
• Brown, Georg Stanford
• Burton, LeVar
• Carey, Macdonald
• Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
• Cogen, Charles, 1903-
• Cole, Olivia, 1942-2018
• Collins, Gary, 1938-2012
• Connors, Chuck, 1921-1992
• Crothers, Scat Man
• Cumbuka, Ji-Tu
• Davis, Brad, 1949-1991
• Duncan, Sandy, 1946-
• Erman, John, 1935-2021
• Fried, Gerald
• George, Lynda Day
• Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-
• Greene, David, 1921-2003
• Greene, Lorne
• Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993
• Haley, Alex
• Hamilton, George, 1939-
• Heckert, James T
• Hicks, Hilly, 1950-
• Hilton-Jacobs, Lawrence, 1953-
• Ives, Burl, 1909-1995
• Jones, Carolyn, 1930-1983

Subject

• Confederate States of America -- History -- Drama
• Dramatic films
• Enslavement -- United States -- Drama
• Enslavers -- Southern States -- Drama
• Feature films
• Haley family -- Drama
• Haley, Alex -- Family -- Drama
• Haley, Alex -- Television adaptations
• Historical television programs
• Jackson family -- Drama
• Kinte family -- Drama
• Moore family -- Drama
• Southern States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Drama
• Southern States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Drama
• Television adaptations
• Television mini-series
• United States -- History -- Drama
• African American families -- Drama
• African Americans -- Drama
• African Americans -- History -- To 1863 -- Drama
• Biographical television programs

Genre

• Television mini-series
• Television adaptations
• Historical television programs
• Biographical television programs
• Drama
• Dramatic films
• Feature films

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era

Related

• Roots : one year later
• Remembering Roots
• Crossing over : how Roots captivated an entire nation

Member of

• Roots (Television program : 1977)

Awards note

• Golden Globes (USA), 1978: Best TV-Series - Drama.
• Emmy Awards, 1977: Outstanding Achievement in Film Sound Editing for a Series ; Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) ; Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series ; Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series ; Outstanding Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series ; Outstanding Limited Series ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series ; Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series.

Cataloging source

VQT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Directors of photography, Stevan Larner, Joseph M. Wilcots ; film editors, James T. Heckert, Peter Kirby, Neil Travis ; music by Gerald Fried, Quincy Jones

Dewey number

791.45/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles

LC call number

E185.97.H25

LC item number

A34 2011

PerformerNote

John Amos, Maya Angelou, Edward Asner, Lloyd Bridges, Georg Stanford Brown, LeVar Burton, Macdonald Carey, Olivia Cole, Gary Collins, Chuck Connors, Scatman Crothers, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Brad Davis, Sandy Duncan, Lynda Day George, Louis Gossett Jr., Lorne Greene, Moses Gunn, George Hamilton, Hilly Hicks, Burl Ives, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Carolyn Jones, Doug McClure, Ian McShane, Lynne Moody, Vic Morrow, Thalmus Rasulala, Robert Reed, Harry Rhodes, Richard Roundtree, Raymond St. Jacques, John Schuck, Paul Shenar, O.J. Simpson, Madge Sinclair, Beverly Todd, Cicely Tyson, Leslie Uggams, Ben Vereen, Ralph Waite, William Watson, Ren Woods

Runtime

573

Technique

live action