Roots / Roots, the next generations
Roots: 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.
Table of Contents:
- Roots (573 minutes) :
- Disc 1:
- episodes 1 & 2 ;
- Disc 2:
- episodes 3 & 4 ;
- Disc 3:
- episodes 5 & 6 ;
- Disc 4:
- Crossing over : how Roots captivated an entire nation
- Roots : on year later.
- Roots: The Next Generations (688 minutes):
- Disc 1, side A:
- ep. 1 /
- teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman
- Disc 1, side B:
- ep. 2 /
- teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by Charles S. Dubin
- Disc 2, side A:
- ep. 3 /
- teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman
- Disc 2, side B:
- ep. 4 /
- teleplay by Sidney A. Glass and Ernest Kinoy; directed by Charles S. Dubin
- Disc 3, side A:
- ep. 5 /
- teleplay by Thad Mumford and Daniel Wilcox ; directed by George Stanford Brown
- Disc 3, side B:
- ep. 6 /
- teleplay by John McCreevey; directed by Lloyd Richards
- Disc 4, side A:
- ep. 7 /
- teleplay by Ernest Kinoy; directed by John Erman.
- Roots, the next generations: the legacy continues
- (2003; ca. 8 min.).