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1) Roots
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (approximately 389 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling novel which has resonated with millions of Americans, it reveals powerful, universal truths about the resilience of the human spirit.
2) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
25th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (573 min.) : sd. (stereo.), col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An eight part series, which chronicles a black man's search for his heritage and reveals an epic panorama of America's past.
3) Malcolm X
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (202 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Screen version of the life of Malcolm X, who through his religious conversion to Islam, found the strength to rise up from a criminal past to become an influential civil rights leader.
Publisher
Hallmark Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 175 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Based on the epic story by 'Roots' author Alex Haley, this star powered miniseries is the sweeping chronicle of one family's unforgettable journey through tragedy and triumph.
5) Malcolm X
Language
English
Formats
Description
Born Malcolm Little, his minister father was killed by the Ku Klux Klan. He became a gangster, and while in jail discovered the Nation of Islam writings of Elijah Muhammad. After getting out of jail, he preaches the teachings, but later on goes on a pilgrimage to the city of Mecca. There he converts to the original Islamic religion and becomes a Sunni Muslim. He changes his name to El-Hajj Malik Al-Shabazz and stops his anti-white teachings, having...
6) Queen
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (283 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The remarkable history of Alex Haley's paternal side. Queen is the daughter of a slave and a plantation owner. During the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and beyond, she searches for a home in the two cultures and at times is shunned by both. Rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will.
Publisher
RHI Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (176 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Upon being called to help her troubled granddaughter, a Southern black woman in her 70s looks back on a life filled with joy and heartbreak. Based on the novel by Alex Haley.
8) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Language
English
Formats
Description
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.
10) Roots
Publisher
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
30th anniversary ed.
Physical Desc
7 videodiscs (9 hr., 33 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
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.
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