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DiscountDelight - Roots (6pc)
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List Price: $54.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Directed By: John Erman, Marvin J. Chomsky, David Greene
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 0085393537333
Format: Box set
ISBN: 0790714671
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 6
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 1994-12-12
Running Time: 563
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1977-01-23
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Summary: For all must 30yrs A GREAT AMERICAN STORY
Comment: I remember when Roots aired on TV. My father, mother, brother and my self watch this TV Movie. I never forget how we were so glue to the TV and could not wait to watch the next part. This is a Beautiful American Story and peice of history that should be sured with ALL AMERICAN. I heard stories about my great-great grand mother who was a slave. I cant even picture being in that day and time but Roots made you pictured it. I had to get this for my DVD Collection(I'm waiting on Roots The Next Genaration and Queen to be on DVD). I made my young nieces watch it so they can see what happpen to our ancestors but see what kind of strenght they had. What a must have. I am in my 30's now and the more i watch it they more i see something a missed.
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Summary: honest
Comment: This is history.
Everyone, no matter what race should see this, so it don't happen again.
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Summary: Out of Print Already?
Comment: I'm suprised that this excellent Miniseries is Out of Print already.
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Summary: Masterpiece
Comment: I remember Seein this Show in TV back in The 70s and Fell in love with it Therefore I bought this Edition..'tis one of my favorites ever
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Summary: Please List The True Starring Roles Of Roots
Comment: Hello,
This is a monumental movie. A movie that broke records and received many, many awards. More importantly is how this movie put to rest so many untruths and truths of slavery. The reason I'm writing this review is because with all that this movie means to me and other African American people, I'm really disturbed that you would not list the stars of the movie correctly. I really love your company and have turned more people than I can count on to Amazon.com. Today when I searched for the DVD Roots I was really upset when I read who Amazon listed as Starring, Asner and Bridges. Levar Burton & John Amos are the stars of this movie. They portrayed Kunta Kinte young and old. If you are saying it was done alphabetically, you don't practice this with other movies why this one? I think a movie of this stature should be listed correctly and would appreciate it if this matter was corrected quickly.
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Editorial Reviews:
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From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a slave in America, a line is begun that leads from this most shameful chapter in U.S. history to the 20th-century author Alex Haley, a Kinte descendant. The late Haley's acclaimed book Roots was adapted into this six-volume television miniseries, which was a widely watched phenomenon in 1977. The programs cover several generations in the antebellum South and end with the story of "Chicken" George, a freed slave played by Ben Vereen whose family feels the agony of entrenched racism and learns to fight it. Between the lives of Kunta and George, we meet a number of memorable characters, black and white, and learn much about the emotional and physical torments of slavery, from beatings and rapes to the forced separation of spouses and families. Nothing like this had ever confronted so many mainstream Americans when the series was originally broadcast, and the extent to which the country was nudged a degree or two toward enlightenment was instantly obvious. Roots still has that ability to open one's eyes, and engage an audience in a sweeping, memorable drama at the same time. --Tom Keogh
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