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Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation

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Main Authors: Fried, Gerald (Composer), Haley, Alex (Author), Jones, Quincy, 1933- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Class of 1932 Fund, Warner Bros. Television (Producer), Wolper Productions (Producer)
Other Authors: Amos, John, 1939- (Actor), Angelou, Maya (Actor), Asner, Edward (Actor), Blinn, William (Screenwriter), Bridges, Lloyd (Actor), Brown, Georg Stanford (Actor), Burton, LeVar (Actor), Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022 (Director), Cohen, M. Charles (Screenwriter), Duncan, Sandy, 1946- (Actor), Erman, John, 1935-2021 (Director), George, Lynda Day (Actor), Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024 (Actor), Greene, David, 1921-2003 (Director), Greene, Lorne (Actor), Hamilton, George, 1939- (Actor), Kinoy, Ernest (Screenwriter), Lee, James, 1923-2002 (Screenwriter), Margulies, Stan (Producer), Morrow, Vic, 1931-1982 (Actor), Moses, Gilbert (Director), Reed, Robert, 1932-1992 (Actor), Roundtree, Richard, 1942-2023 (Actor), Simpson, O. J., 1947-2024 (Actor), Tyson, Cicely (Actor), Uggams, Leslie (Actor), Vereen, Ben (Actor), Waite, Ralph, 1928-2014 (Actor)
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2007]
Edition:Thirtieth anniversary edition
Subjects:
Haley, Alex > Film adaptations
Haley, Alex
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Revolution, 1775-1783
To 1863
African American families > Drama
African Americans > History > To 1863 > Drama
Slaveholders > Southern States > Drama
Slavery > United States > Drama
African American families
African Americans
History
Slaveholders
Slavery
Confederate States of America > History > Drama
Southern States > History > Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 > Drama
Southern States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Drama
Southern States
United States
Biographical television programs
Drama
Film adaptations
Historical television programs
Television adaptations
Television mini-series
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Video recordings
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Call Number: DVD 001 934

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