The Resource Showing Roots, Michael Mailer Films and Ostar Productions present in association with Upload Films/AM-PM Enterprises a Michael Mailer/Jeffrey Hayes production, (videorecording DVD)

Showing Roots, Michael Mailer Films and Ostar Productions present in association with Upload Films/AM-PM Enterprises a Michael Mailer/Jeffrey Hayes production, (videorecording DVD)

Label
Showing Roots
Title
Showing Roots
Statement of responsibility
Michael Mailer Films and Ostar Productions present in association with Upload Films/AM-PM Enterprises a Michael Mailer/Jeffrey Hayes production
Contributor
Actor
Production company
Publisher
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
In 1977, as the miniseries 'Roots' hits the airwaves, two women are inspired to try and integrate their small Southern town. In a place where there are still 'right' and 'wrong' sides of the tracks, these two young women, one white, one black, forge an unlikely friendship that sparks a journey of independence and self-discovery, and ultimately results in the creation of the perfect hairdo
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director, Michael Wilson
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not Rated
Language note
  • English audio
  • English SDH - subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
PerformerNote
Maggie Grace, Uzo Aduba, Adam Brody, Elizabeth McGovern, Cicely Tyson
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1983-
  • 1979-
  • 1961-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Grace, Maggie
  • Aduba, Uzo
  • Brody, Adam
  • McGovern, Elizabeth
  • Tyson, Cicely
  • Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
  • Michael Mailer Films (Firm)
  • Ostar Productions (Firm)
  • Upload Films
  • AM-PM Enterprises (Firm)
Runtime
100
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Friendship
  • Beauty operators
  • African Americans
  • Interracial friendship
  • Race relations
  • Southern States
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
Showing Roots, Michael Mailer Films and Ostar Productions present in association with Upload Films/AM-PM Enterprises a Michael Mailer/Jeffrey Hayes production, (videorecording DVD)
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
Special feature: behind the scenes of "Showing Roots."
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.)
Isbn
9786316980519
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
031398265313
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
52379
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; English 5.1 Dolby digital audio ; 16x9 widescreen 1.78:1 presentation
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Showing Roots, Michael Mailer Films and Ostar Productions present in association with Upload Films/AM-PM Enterprises a Michael Mailer/Jeffrey Hayes production, (videorecording DVD)
Publication
Copyright
Note
Special feature: behind the scenes of "Showing Roots."
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
stereophonic
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 100 min.)
Isbn
9786316980519
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
031398265313
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
52379
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; English 5.1 Dolby digital audio ; 16x9 widescreen 1.78:1 presentation
Video recording format
DVD

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