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I just read the book Roots and am quite convinced it is one of the ten greatest/influential/matter of fact works of literature in American history. Reading the book was hard enough but after watching the film I caught myself in various states of emotion such as fear, anger, humiliation and even shedding a tear. It is hard to comprehend how life must have been for African-Americans during the dark times of slavery. The movie or the book for that matter is not for the weak of heart. After watching the movie it is understandable of why it won all the awards it did. LeVar Burton gives a stunning performance of Kunta Kinte. It is hard to watch LeVar as Geordie LaForge on Star Trek The Next Generation and not have visions of the movie flash thru your head. My family came to America ( both sides ) in 1897 & 1900 from Italy and while my family had nothing to do with slavery it ashames me to be caucasian.Read full review
I have been wanting to find a original series of Roots from the 70's. I was a pre-teen when it came out & it was very powerful to me. I was able to buy , on VHS, of course, sealed never opened original tapes at a great buy ! Thank you. Came quickly & pkg was well insulated!
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Great Value and My uncle always wanted to own the complete set, so I got it for him for his birthday. Good to add to your video library.
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Was a gift and she loves it
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It works great and in excellent condition plays great exactly what I expected
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