A six volume collection of the television production that won nine Emmies and over 135 other awards. The unedited complete mini-series based on Alex Haley's best selling novel that follows a black man's search for his heritage.

DVD Features:

4-Disc Box Set
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital - English
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Le Var Burton, Cicely Tyson and Ed Asner
Behind the Scenes - "REMBERING ROOTS"
Featurettes - 1. "CROSSING OVER": How ROOTS captivated an entire nation newly created for this 30th Anniversary Edition.
Highlights - Key cast members relay their memories of filming particular scenes.
Additional Product:
CD-Rom - ROOTS' Family Tree

LeVar Burton: Actor, STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, ROOTS
Edward Asner: American Actor
Lloyd Bridges: American Actor
Cicely Tyson: American Actress
Lorne Greene: Canadian television actor
Ben Vereen: African American Actor, ALL THAT JAZZ (1979)
Sandy Duncan: American TV/Film Actress
Chuck Connors: American Actor, THE RIFLEMAN TV Series
Burl Ives: American Actor/Singer, CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (1958)
O.J. Simpson: Athlete, actor, THE TOWERING INFERNO, THE NAKED GUN
Lynda Day George: American film & television actress
Louis Gossett: African American actor, AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN

Marvin J. Chomsky: 

"[The actors] portrayed agony with subtle strength....ROOTS endures as a reminder of challenges thrown down, and of how many more remain." -- Grade: B