Roots (TV miniseries)
Roots is an American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. It was first shown on ABC in 1977. It was shown over eight nights, from January 23 to January 30, 1977. It was followed by two sequels: Roots: The Next Generations, which was shown on ABC in 1979, and Roots: The Gift, a Christmas television movie which was shown on ABC in 1988. It got 37 Emmy Award nominations and won nine. It also won a Golden Globe and a Peabody Award.[2]
| Roots | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Historical novel-based Drama |
| Directed by | Marvin J. Chomsky John Erman David Green Gilbert Moses |
| Produced by | Stan Margulies |
| Written by | Alex Haley |
| Screenplay by | Alex Haley James Lee |
| Starring | John Amos Ben Vereen LeVar Burton Louis Gossett, Jr. Leslie Uggams Vic Morrow Ralph Waite Olivia Cole |
| Music by | Gerald Fried Quincy Jones (episode 1) |
| Budget | US $6.6 million[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | January 23, 1977 – January 30, 1977 |
| Running time | 570 minutes |
| No. of episodes | 8 (re-edited to 6 for video) |
| Preceded by | |
| Followed by | |
The miniseries is about several generations of an African-American slave family. It shows their daily lives, where they are forced into labor, rape, and the sale and separation of their own family.
References
- ↑ New Roots series expected to yield big bucks for ABC. February 20, 1979. p. 54. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=t0MzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Vu4FAAAAIBAJ&dq=cost%20abc%20%246%20million%20and%20ran%2012%20hours&pg=5309%2C265933. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
- ↑ Awards for "Roots"
