Roots 30th Anniversary Edition

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Number of Discs:  4
Running Time:  9:33
Color: COLOR

Selection #: 4664405
Studio:  Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release:  1977

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Description
Based on the best-selling book by Alex Haley, experience the epic television event that mesmerized the nation! This blockbuster and highly watched mini-series is the incredible saga of one man’s search for his family, from their ancestor’s kidnapping in Africa, through years of slavery in the American South, to post-Civil War America. This fantastic series won multiple awards, including nine Emmys®, a Golden Globe® and a Peabody among many others. Includes an all-star cast with performances that launched many careers including LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett, Jr., Leslie Uggams, Ed Asner, John Amos, Maya Angelou, Cicely Tyson and Georg Stanford Brown. An unforgettable event that is good as the day it aired and stands the test of time.

Cast

• Lloyd Bridges
• O.J. Simpson
• Maya Angelou
• Beverly Todd
• Moses Gunn
• James Lee
• Stan Margulies
• David Greene

• Marvin J. Chomsky
• John Erman
• Gilbert Moses
• Leslie Uggams
• Carolyn Jones
• Lou Gossett
• LeVar Burton
• Paul Shenar

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