Roots (Four-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition)

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Buy Roots (Four-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition). Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel about his African ancestors, Roots followed several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga began with Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family's saga is depicted up until the Civil War where Kunte Kinte's grandson gained emancipation. Roots made its greatest impression on the ratings and widespread popularity it garnered. On average, 130 million - almost half the country at the time - saw all or part of the series.

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Electronic press kit
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Roots (Four-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition) Description

• Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel about his African ancestors, Roots followed several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga began with Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family's saga is depicted up until the Civil War where Kunte Kinte's grandson gained emancipation. Roots made its greatest impr

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





Roots (Four-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition) Review


Have not seen this series since it was first released back in the 60's and it still has the same enormous punch that it had then. So realistic with heart stopping and mind bending scenes of those old Southern Yankee lack of values and the treament of their negro slaves back in those long gone trading days. Keep the tissues handy and sit on your anger as this movie will stir up the senses like no other. It's appeal will never die as it never should, because, the day we lose compassion for these poor people and not be horrified by their treatment, will be a sad day indeed. I was enthraled by the fast moving chain of events and I'm sure you will be too. EXCELLENT. You can buy Cheap Roots (Four-Disc 30th Anniversary Edition) online fast and easy, Shop Today!.

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