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Aspect Ratio: 2.55:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391125358
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitledFrenchSubtitledEnglishPublishedDolby Digital 1.0
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 112535
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 09, 2007
Running Time: 840 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 18, 1979
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Roots rocked the cultural landscape in the late '70s, creating a new wave of awareness of black history. That wave opened the door for its sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, even more of a star-studded event than the original, with stars like Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Marlon Brando, and James Earl Jones eager to partake in the tale. The sequel follows the rest of the saga of the family of author Alex Haley, from where Roots ended at the Civil War, up to the 1970s when Haley was researching and writing his earth-shattering family story.
While nothing can rival the power of the original Roots' unflinching look at the slave trade and slave life in the early years of this country, the sequel is still full of rich African American history, from Reconstruction, to Jim Crow, to the civil rights movement and the early rumblings of black power. Fonda and de Havilland are respectable in their period-piece roles, but the real power of this sequel is in the more immediate concerns of Haley and his own experience of prejudice while building a stellar reputation as a writer and journalist in the '60s and '70s. One of the most unsettling scenes takes place then, when Haley interviews the head of the American Nazi Party, played with chilling diffidence by Brando. (Brando won an Emmy for this performance.) Haley is also challenged by his fractious interview with Malcolm X (a gripping Al Freeman Jr.). Jones launches his acting career playing Haley with nuance and heart, but with a humanizing set of his own demons.
The four-disc set includes all seven episodes plus a compelling documentary, Roots: The Next Generations--The Legacy Continues, with interviews with Jones, costar and episode director Georg Stanford Brown and a still starry-eyed David L. Wolper, who understands the cultural impact of the two miniseries he helped bring to the screen. --A.T. Hurley
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This was exactly what I remember seeing in the 70's as a child born in the south while integration was still stretching to some more rural areas. I was encouraged, virtually mandated, by my father to see this second part of what was groundbreaking for the times. It is great to share because many of all races of today's generation are so far removed from the story that is told. Wolper Productions, the star studded cast, and the Haley family present what is to me a timeless classic. Enjoy it as the pages of a book come to life so this will not be repeated.
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It was a great joy to be able to share this video with my kids, well after Roots the movie they had questions on what happened to this person or what's next so i went to amazon and found The Next Generation well they loved it.... all questions answered.
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Couldn't believe the price for this, amazing. And it was new! We will be doing business again in the near future....thanks so much!
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I loved Roots and thought I would enjoy Roots: The Next Generation. Thanks for theopportunity. AA++++ seller
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I HAVE RECENTLY SEEN THIS SERIES AGAIN ON TV AND I THINK IT WAS THE BEST EVER AMERICAN PRODUCTION ALL THE CAST WERE EXCELLENT AND I WAS STILL MOVED TO TEARS BY THE STORY.....
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