Roots (1968)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Roots_(1968)

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:television_series
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial	gptkb:Alex_Haley
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Emmy_Award gptkb:Golden_Globe_Award_for_Best_Television_Series_–_Drama gptkb:Primetime_Emmy_Award_for_Outstanding_Limited_Series
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	January 23, 1977
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Roots:_The_Next_Generations
gptkbp:genre	historical drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Roots (1968)
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:network	gptkb:ABC
gptkbp:notableCharacter	gptkb:Chicken_George gptkb:Fiddler gptkb:Kunta_Kinte gptkb:Kizzy
gptkbp:numberOfEpisodes	8
gptkbp:producer	gptkb:David_L._Wolper gptkb:Stan_Margulies
gptkbp:runtime	570 minutes
gptkbp:starring	gptkb:Moses_Gunn gptkb:Ji-Tu_Cumbuka gptkb:Thalmus_Rasulala gptkb:Cicely_Tyson gptkb:Maya_Angelou 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:Georg_Stanford_Brown gptkb:Lynne_Moody gptkb:LeVar_Burton gptkb:O._J._Simpson gptkb:Ralph_Waite gptkb:Ed_Asner gptkb:Lynda_Day_George gptkb:Olivia_Cole gptkb:Chuck_Connors gptkb:Sandy_Duncan gptkb:Scatman_Crothers gptkb:Vic_Morrow Robert Reed
gptkbp:subject	African American history slavery in the United States
gptkbp:themeMusicComposer	gptkb:Gerald_Fried
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_Everly_Brothers
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5