1976年秋，美国出版了黑人作家亚历克斯·哈利所写的一部家史小说《根》。作者自称他经过十二年的考证研究，追溯到他的六代以上的祖先昆塔·肯特，一个从非洲西海岸被白人奴贩子掳到北美当奴隶的黑人，描述了他在非洲的自由人生活，他和他的子孙在美国奴隶制下的苦难历程，以及这个家族获得自由后的经历。这书一出版，就成为脍炙人口的畅销书。同时，它也引起了截然相反的评价，成为激烈争论的焦点。因此，关于《根》的问题，是一个带有高度社会意义和学术性质的事件，值得研究和探讨。
运行时间: 47 min
概述: Author of "Roots" Alex Haley goes on a voyage to his ancestral home village in Africa and to the grave site of his relative Kunta Kinte in Virginia with LeVar Burton who portrayed Kinte in "Roots". Narrated by Louis Gossett, Jr.
播出日期: 2007-05-22
概述: An examination of "Roots" impact on society in the 1970's from a modern perspective.
概述: Hosted by Louis Gossett Jr.
播出日期: 2007-05-22
概述: 25th-anniversary 3 DVD edition bonus. New interviews with key cast members.
播出日期: 2007-05-22
运行时间: 27 min
概述: 'The American Story Continues' is a new interview series with celebrities discussing how important the original series 'ROOTS' was and continues to be in this day and age. Whoopi Goldberg, James Earl Jones, Blair Underwood, and more make an appearance
运行时间: 28 min
概述: 'The Cast Looks Back' is a new bonus video that features interviews with most of the cast of the original miniseries. They talk about making the series and how it has transformed their lives.
播出日期: 1988-12-11
运行时间: 89 min
概述: The characters of Kunta Kinte and Fiddler from Roots are back in this movie. In this movie the two of them accompany their owner to another plantation at Christmas time and they learn that the son of the owner helps slaves escape. And the two of them try to help him and also see this as an opportunity to escape themselves.
