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ABC NOVEL FOR TELEVISION: ROOTS, EPISODE 1 (TV)

Details

  • NETWORK: ABC
  • DATE: January 23, 1977 9:00 PM
  • RUNNING TIME: 1:36:24
  • COLOR/B&W: Color
  • CATALOG ID: T77:0138
  • GENRE: Docudrama
  • SUBJECT HEADING: Biography; Blacks - History; Docudrama; Slavery; African-American Collection - Drama
  • SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1977
  • COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

  • David L. Wolper … Executive Producer
  • Stan Margulies … Producer
  • Malcolm Alper … Associate Producer
  • Donald A. Ramsey … Associate Producer
  • David Greene … Director
  • William Blinn … Developed by
  • Ernest Kinoy … Writer
  • William Blinn … Writer
  • Alex Haley … Based on the book by
  • Quincy Jones … Music by
  • LeVar Burton … Cast, Kunta Kinte
  • Cicely Tyson … Cast, Binta
  • Edward Asner … Cast, Captain Davies
  • O.J. Simpson … Cast, Kadi Touray
  • Ralph Waite … Cast, Third Mate Slater
  • Maya Angelou … Cast, Nyo Boto
  • Ji-Tu Cumbuka … Cast, the Wrestler
  • Moses Gunn … Cast, Kintango
  • Thalmus Rasulala … Cast, Omoro
  • Harry Rhodes … Cast, Brima Cesay
  • William Watson … Cast, Gardner
  • Ren Woods … Cast, Fanta
  • Ernest Thomas … Cast, Kailuba
  • Rebecca Bess … Cast, Girl on Ship
  • Henry Butts … Cast, Sitafa
  • Kermit Echols … Cast, Vilars
  • Ronnie Leggett … Cast, Kalilu
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