ABC NOVEL FOR TELEVISION: ROOTS, EPISODE 4 (TV)

Summary

The fourth episode of this special series tracing the history of one black family through generations of enslavement in America. Four years have passed: It is June, 1780. Bell convinces Master Reynolds to make Kunta Kinte a driver. Bell and Kunta are married, and Kunta meets up with another African and they conspire to escape. Their daughter Kizzy is born, Kunta's old supporter Fiddler dies and Kizzy is baptized. Includes commercials.

Details

• NETWORK: ABC
• DATE: January 26, 1977 Wednesday 10:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:57:54
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T77:0143
• GENRE: Docudrama
• SUBJECT HEADING: Biography; Blacks - History; Docudrama; Slavery; African-American Collection - Drama
• SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1977
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• David L. Wolper … Executive Producer
• Stan Margulies … Producer
• Malcolm Alper … Associate Producer
• Donald A. Ramsey … Associate Producer
• Marvin J. Chomsky … Director
• Alex Haley … Based on the novel by
• James Lee … Writer
• William Blinn … Writer, Adapted by
• Gerald Fried … Music by
• John Amos … Cast, Kunta Kinte (Toby)
• Lynda Day George … Cast, Mrs. Reynolds
• Louis Gossett … Cast, Fiddler
• Robert Reed … Cast, Dr. William Reynolds
• Madge Sinclair … Cast, Bell Reynolds
• Raymond St. Jacques … Cast, The Drummer
• Tanya L. Boyd … Cast, Genelva
• Thayer David … Cast, Harlan
• Helen Martin … Cast, Aunt Sukey
• Stan Haze … Cast, Singer