ROOTS

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/ROOTS

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:television_series
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial	gptkb:Alex_Haley
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Emmy_Award
gptkbp:basedOn	gptkb:Roots:_The_Saga_of_an_American_Family
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:director	gptkb:Marvin_J._Chomsky gptkb:David_Greene gptkb:Gilbert_Moses gptkb:John_Erman
gptkbp:firstAired	1977-01-23
gptkbp:genre	historical drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	ROOTS
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:lastAired	1977-01-30
gptkbp:mainActor	gptkb:Moses_Gunn gptkb:Ji-Tu_Cumbuka gptkb:Thalmus_Rasulala gptkb:Cicely_Tyson gptkb:John_Amos gptkb:Madge_Sinclair gptkb:Richard_Roundtree gptkb:Brad_Davis gptkb:Ian_McShane gptkb:Ben_Vereen gptkb:Leslie_Uggams gptkb:Lloyd_Bridges gptkb:Lorne_Greene gptkb:Louis_Gossett_Jr. gptkb:LeVar_Burton gptkb:O._J._Simpson gptkb:Ralph_Waite gptkb:Ed_Asner gptkb:George_Hamilton gptkb:Olivia_Cole gptkb:Chuck_Connors gptkb:Sandy_Duncan gptkb:Scatman_Crothers gptkb:Vic_Morrow gptkb:Edward_Asner
gptkbp:mainCharacter	gptkb:Chicken_George gptkb:Fiddler gptkb:Kunta_Kinte gptkb:Kizzy
gptkbp:notableFor	high television ratings cultural impact in the United States depiction of American slavery
gptkbp:numberOfEpisodes	8
gptkbp:originalNetwork	gptkb:ABC
gptkbp:producer	gptkb:Stan_Margulies
gptkbp:remakeOf	gptkb:Roots_(2016_miniseries)
gptkbp:sequel	gptkb:Roots:_The_Next_Generations
gptkbp:themeMusicComposer	gptkb:Gerald_Fried
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:ARPA-E
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6