Product Details

• Actors: Georg Stanford Brown, Kathleen Doyle, Ja'net DuBois, Henry Fonda, Slim Gaillard
• Directors: Georg Stanford Brown, Charles S. Dubin, John Erman, Lloyd Richards (II)
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 4
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: October 9, 2007
• Run Time: 688 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005JL2W
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,082 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #11 in Movies & TV > DVD > Military & War
• For more information about "Roots: The Next Generations" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 10/09/2007 Rating: Nr

Customer Reviews

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98 of 99 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ROOTS...An Exciting Birth of Emotions, September 22, 2003

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Don Murillo (Alabama) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roots - The Next Generations [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I believe a review worth reading should include a brief description of the person giving their thoughts.To me,this helps a great deal in deciding how much credibility I will give a person's thinking.
I am a white male,48 years old,happily married going on nineteen years with five children and six grandchildren.I was born in the state of Texas,and raised to befriend people based on their actions-not the color of their skin.I,like most people,have been influenced often times by what has been taught through traditions or hearsay instead of facts,because facts often times takes some effort to discover.
I have just recently read the book Roots,and was so overcome by a multitude of aroused emotions I purchased the mini-series on DVD.My wife,children and I viewed the movies together,and have had many wonderful discussions since.It has been my experience to find movies made from books usually deficient,and so altered to make for 'better viewing' I often have some trepidation of giving my time to them.Roots was/is such a refreshing surprise in that both the movie(s) and the book are so very close in keeping with the original materials.
Mr. Alex Haley was truely a gifted person in his ability to share a story.I only wish he were yet still alive,so I could personally write him a note expressing my profound graditude in his taking the time to educate,entertain and awaken in me a compassion for a people I only thought I knew.
There is brief frontal nudity which may offend some,but in keeping with cultural historical accuracy is but a small negative in a wealth of positives.The casting and acting is above excellence.I could go on with much more accolades,but then I would be writing a novel and not a review.
I highly recommend everyone of all ages to read and or watch what I feel is one of the greatest story of a family history ever told.
I would truely like to see Roots become required reading in all schools throughout our great country.Then I believe,a "dream" would surely come true.

36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Roots The Next Generations, June 3, 2002

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Vince (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Roots: The Next Generations (DVD)

This series impacted my life in a inspiring way. I learned alot about American history and the perseverance of African-Americans. It is a must-see for every human being regardless of race, culture, or nationality.

31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars roots.another generation, February 9, 2002

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yolanda warner (minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Roots - The Next Generations [VHS] (VHS Tape)

i have seen roots again for the second time in my life. the first time i was too young to remember. but today , i have seen something that was /is so powerfull. roots evolked such stong feeling in me as well as my childern. i have not cried this much in years. to see how we(black people) came to america really touched home. i felt such a wide range of emotions. hate, anger, sadness, then forgiveness all at the same time.sitting here thinking about the movie has again forced me to tears...makes one see that what we think is a hopless situation is really nothing compared to what those in the past had been threw..so people ,,please buy or rent roots..and remember where you come from...