Roots: The Original Series - Volumes 1 and 2 DVD (2007) Edward Asner, Greene Title: Roots: The Original Series - Volumes 1 and 2 Leading Actor: Edward Asner Region: Region 2 Duration: 564 mins Format: DVD / 30th Anniversary Edition Type: DVD No. of Discs: 5 disc(s) Studio / Publisher: Warner Bros. Home Ent. UK Release Date: 29 Oct 2007 Edition: 30th Anniversary Edition The television adaptation of Alex Hailey's bestselling novel (based on his own family's roots) offers a dramatic portrayal of African-American history, from the time of the slave trade to the American Civil War. The story begins in The Gambia, West Africa, and a Mandike warrior is born to Binta and Omoro called Kunta Kinte. When a grown man, Kunta Kinte is kidnapped by slavers and taken to America where he struggles to come to terms with being a slave for many years. Eventually he accepts he cannot return to Africa and settles down to create a family. The story then follows the next generations of Kunta Kinte's family until the abolition of slavery after the Civil War.

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