Roots Disc6/6 Bonus Disc PAL DVD5

Year.............: 1977

Country..........: USA

Audio............: English (stereo), French (mono), Spanish (mono), German (mono), English commentary

Subtitles........: Danish, English, French, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, German

Video Format.....: 4:3

DVD Source.......: DVD5

DVD Format.......: PAL



Menus..........: Untouched

Video..........: Untouched

DVD-extras.....: Untouched

DVD-Audio......: Untouched





-->Plot summary



In the Gambia, West Africa, in 1750, a baby boy, Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is born to Mandinka warrior Omoro Kinte (Thalmus Rasulala) and his wife Binta (Cicely Tyson). When their son reaches the age of 15, he and a group of other adolescent males take part in a tribal ceremony known as the "coming of manhood." After the ceremony, Kunta is considered to be a man, and a Mandikan warrior. However, white slave traders from Colonial America come to the Gambia and capture natives to be slaves. Kunta is among those captured. During the course of their forced journey, a group of slaves rebel, but fail to take over the ship. After months of travel to America, the ship lands in Annapolis, Maryland, where the captured Africans are sold as slaves. After being sold to two different masters, Kunta Kinte is separated from his friend Fanta, and he is forced to take the slave name of Toby. An older slave named Fiddler is charged with teaching Toby the ways of being a slave, including learning English. In his desperate struggle to survive, he makes several attempts to escape. Eventually, he adapts to his harsh lifestyle, but only after having half his foot chopped off to keep him from attempting further escapes. Toby / Kunta Kinte learns then what it means to be a slave, but still remembers his Mandinkan roots and what it was to once be free.



--> Crew



≥ David L. Wolper -- Executive Producer

≥ Stan Margulies -- Producer

≥ Peter Kirby -- Editor

≥ Alex Haley -- Based On The Works Of



--> Cast

* Levar Burton - Kunta Kinte/Toby

* John Amos - Toby

* Cicely Tyson - Binta

* Thalmus Rasulala - Omoro

* Maya Angelou - Nyo Boto

* Ji-Tu Cumbuka- Wrestler

* O.J. Simpson - Kadi Touray

* Moses Gunn - Kintango

* Hari Rhodes - Brima Cesay

* Ren Woods - Fanta

* Beverly Todd - Fanta (adult)

* Ernest Lee Thomas - Kailuba

* Edward Asner - Capt. Davies

* Ralph Waite - Third Mate Slater

* Louis Gossett Jr. - Fiddler

* Lorne Greene - John Reynolds

* Lynda Day George - Mrs. Reynolds

* Vic Morrow - Ames

* Paul Shenar - John Carrington

* Robert Reed - Dr. William Reynolds

* Madge Sinclair - Bell Reynolds

* Gary Collins - Grill

* Raymond St. Jacques - The Drummer

* Chuck Connors - Tom Moore

* Sandy Duncan - Missy Anne Reynolds

* Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs - Noah

* John Schuck - Ordell

* Leslie Uggams - Kizzy Reynolds

* Macdonald Carey - Squire James

* Olivia Cole - Mathilda

* Scatman Crothers - Mingo

* George Hamilton - Stephen Bennett

* Carolyn Jones - Mrs. Moore

* Ian McShane - Sir Eric Russell

* Lillian Randolph - Sister Sara

* Richard Roundtree - Sam Bennett

* Ben Vereen - Chicken George Moore

* Lloyd Bridges - Evan Brent

* Georg Stanford Brown - Tom Harvey

* Brad Davis - Ol' George Johnson

* Hilly Hicks - Lewis

* Doug McClure - Jemmy Brent

* Lynne Moody - Irene Harvey

* Burl Ives - Sen. Arthur Johnson

* Thayer David - Harlan

* Roxie Roker - Melissa

* Austin Stoker - Virgil

* John Quade - Sheriff Biggs

* Charles Cyphers - Drake

* Todd Bridges - Bud





01x02 - Part II

After a failed attempt at revolting, Kunte Kinte lands in America where he is sold into slavery. There he befriends fellow slave Fiddler.