Roots

Resource Information

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

Label

Roots

Statement of responsibility

History presents ; an A+E Studios production ; in association with Marc Toberoff Productions and the Wolper Organization ; producers, Ann Kindberg (nights 1-4), Cheryl Eatock (night 1) ; produced by Alissa M. Kantrow ; teleplay by Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal (nights 1 and 4), Alison McDonald (night 2), Charles Murray (night 3) ; directed by Phillip Noyce (night 1), Mario Van Peebles (night 2), Thomas Carter (night 3), Bruce Beresford (night 4)

Contributor

• Eatock, Cheryl
• McDonald, Alison, (Screenwriter)
• Meir, Sharone
• Corinealdi, Emayatzy, 1980-
• Coleman, Chad
• Menzies, Peter, Jr.
• Miller, Philip, 1964-
• Murray, Charles, (Screenwriter)
• Nicholson, Martin, (Film editor)
• Noyce, Phillip
• Cilliers, Diana
• Carter, Thomas, 1953-
• Page, Regé-Jean
• Carter, Ruthe
• Paquin, Anna
• Phifer, Mekhi, 1975-
• Purefoy, James, 1964-
• Hely-Hutchinson, Jonathan
• Beatty, David
• Random, Ida
• Babor, Greg
• Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977-
• Rose, Anika Noni, 1972-
• Rosenthal, Mark D.
• T. I., 1980-
• Tazel, Erica
• Threatt, Sedale, Jr.
• Van Peebles, Mario
• Beresford, Bruce
• Kantrow, Alissa M., (Alissa Miller), 1969-
• Heffes, Alex
• Kindberg, Ann
• Haley, Alex
• Goode, Matthew, 1978-
• Kirby, Malachi
• Konner, Lawrence
• Luke, Derek, 1974-
• Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
• Mandelberg, Neil
• Whitaker, Forest
• Wilcox, James D.

Actor

• Paquin, Anna
• Fishburne, Laurence, III, 1961-
• Page, Regé-Jean
• Luke, Derek, 1974-
• Coleman, Chad
• Corinealdi, Emayatzy, 1980-
• Rose, Anika Noni, 1972-
• Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan, 1977-
• Purefoy, James, 1964-
• Kirby, Malachi
• Phifer, Mekhi, 1975-
• Goode, Matthew, 1978-
• Threatt, Sedale, Jr.
• Tazel, Erica
• T. I., 1980-
• Whitaker, Forest

Costume designer

• Carter, Ruthe
• Cilliers, Diana

Director of photography

• Meir, Sharone
• Menzies, Peter, Jr.

Editor of moving image work

• Nicholson, Martin, (Film editor)
• Wilcox, James D.
• Babor, Greg
• Beatty, David
• Mandelberg, Neil

Production designer

• Hely-Hutchinson, Jonathan
• Random, Ida

Screenwriter

• Konner, Lawrence
• McDonald, Alison, (Screenwriter)
• Rosenthal, Mark D.
• Murray, Charles, (Screenwriter)

Television director

• Van Peebles, Mario
• Beresford, Bruce
• Noyce, Phillip
• Carter, Thomas, 1953-

Television producer

• Eatock, Cheryl
• Kindberg, Ann
• Kantrow, Alissa M., (Alissa Miller), 1969-

Subject

• Kinte family -- Drama
• Abolitionists -- United States -- Drama
• African American families -- Drama
• African Americans -- Drama
• BIPOC
• Biographical television programs
• Black people
• DVD-Video discs
• Fiction television programs
• Haley family -- Drama
• Haley, Alex -- Television adaptations
• Historical television programs
• Minority groups -- Drama
• Slavery -- United States -- Drama
• Television adaptations
• Television mini-series
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Television adaptations
• Historical television programs
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction television programs
• Television mini-series
• Drama
• Biographical television programs

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

The gripping story is told through four generations, from the capture of Kunta Kinte in Africa to his transport to Colonial America in brutal conditions through successive generations fighting to win their freedom in the Civil War

Member of

• Roots (Television program : 2016)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Costume designers, Ruth E. Carter (nights 1-4), Diana Cilliers (night 1) ; music by Alex Heffes (nights 1-4), Philip Miller (night 1) ; edited by Martin Nicholson, Greg Babor (night 1), James D. Wilcox (night 2), Neil Mandelberg (night 3), David Beatty (night 4) ; production designers, Ida Random (nights 1-4), Jonathan Hely-Hutchinson (night 1) ; directors of photography, Sharone Meir (night 1), Peter Menzies, Jr. (nights 2-4)

Date time place

Originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 2016

Dewey number

791.45/75

Intended audience

Rating: TV14

Language note

English subtitles (SDH) for the deaf and hearing impaired; English dialogue with optional Spanish subtitles

LC call number

PN1992.77

LC item number

.R66 2016

PerformerNote

Chad Coleman, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Laurence Fishburne, Matthew Goode, Tip 'TI' Harris, Malachi Kirby, Derek Luke, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Regé-Jean Page, Anna Paquin, Mekhi Phifer, James Purefoy, Anika Noni Rose, Erica Tazel, Sedale Threatt, Jr., Forest Whitaker

Runtime

389

Technique

live action