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Closed Caption; Roots: The Gift - new to dvd, the heartwarming holiday movie; All-new bonus disc with exclusive documentaries; 44-page keepsake dvd companion booklet

Scene Index

Disc #1, Side A -- Roots
   1. Introduction
   2. Credits
   3. A Very Strong Son
   4. Kunta Kinte
   5. Partnerships
   6. Much to Learn
   7. The Christian Thing
   8. Manhood Training
   9. Doing Their Jobs
   10. Types of Courage
   11. Fanta and Kadi Touray
   12. Hunters and Their Catches
   13. Bargain on the Beach
   14. Celebrating the New Men
   15. Binta's Goodbye
   16. Nyo Bato's Suggestion
   17. Captured
   18. A Matter of Philosophy
   19. Fellow Captives
   20. Outside Her Embrace
   21. The Ship's Hold
   22. Taken on Deck
   23. Exercise
   24. Removing the Dead
   25. The Captain's Companion
   26. One Village
   27. End Credits
Disc #1, Side B -- Roots
   1. Credits
   2. Slater's Tricks
   3. Maiden No Longer
   4. Revolt
   5. Not Interested
   6. Business Is Business
   7. "We Will Beat Them."
   8. Fanta Is Sold
   9. Kunta Is Sold
   10. A New Name
   11. Taking Care of Property
   12. Fiddler Talks Tough
   13. The Reynolds Farm
   14. In Charge
   15. Two Visitors
   16. "Do Not Forget Me."
   17. A Doctor's Perspective
   18. No Place to Run
   19. Doing His Best
   20. Reynolds' Guest
   21. Ames' Companion
   22. Broken Chain
   23. Tasting Snow and Capture
   24. The Sting of Failure
   25. "My Name Is Toby."
   26. Another Day
   27. End Credits
Disc #2, Side A -- Roots
   1. Credits
   2. Toby Be Good
   3. Family Debt
   4. Escape Plan
   5. Hidden Cargo
   6. Search for a Slave
   7. "I Never Seen You."
   8. Nothing Left
   9. She'll Stay
   10. Caught and Punished
   11. Can't Run No More
   12. Fightin' Man
   13. Genelva Visits
   14. New Job
   15. A Horse Is a Horse
   16. Liasion in the Woods
   17. Foolish Talk
   18. Gifts of Love
   19. No Longer Apart
   20. Wedding Day Blues
   21. Sound of the Drum
   22. Bell's Secret
   23. A Gain and a Loss
   24. To the Night Sky
   25. Freedom Call
   26. Kizzy's Story
   27. End Credits
Disc #2, Side B -- Roots
   1. Credits
   2. Covenants
   3. The Fuss Over Missy Anne
   4. Dearest Friends
   5. Confidences
   6. Cruel Joke
   7. Tom Moore
   8. The Fate of Slaves
   9. Missy Anne's Plan
   10. Terror of the Whip
   11. Sold
   12. What's Deserved
   13. The Moore Plantation
   14. Chasing Chicken
   15. Ladies Men
   16. Kizzy and Sam
   17. "I Lose Everybody"
   18. Standing up for Kizzy
   19. Another Visit
   20. Daughter's Promise
   21. Trouble After Dark
   22. "You Could Have Cared!"
   23. Cock of the Walk
   24. New Hope
   25. End Credits
Disc #3, Side A -- Roots
   1. Credits
   2. Freedom's Price
   3. No Cracker
   4. Who is Nat Turner?
   5. Fine Friendship
   6. Cost Estimate
   7. The Squire's Proposition
   8. Father and Son
   9. Striking a Bargain
   10. "At Least You Free"
   11. Bound for England
   12. Never Forget
   13. No Recollection
   14. Family Reunion
   15. The Brents
   16. Married to a Free Man
   17. Never Give Up
   18. The Story Continues
   19. Thief in the Night
   20. Ol' George
   21. Overseer Training
   22. Bad News From the Front
   23. Sad News at Home
   24. Jemmy Reappears
   25. To the Death
   26. Evan's Promise
   27. End Credits
Disc #3, Side B -- Roots
   1. Credits; War Over
   2. Freedom Celebration
   3. Changing Ways
   4. Staying Put
   5. Pluses and Minuses
   6. Not for Nothing
   7. Night Riders
   8. Where the Shoe Fits
   9. New Owner
   10. Tom Takes a Stand
   11. Scared But Proud
   12. Seeing the Sheriff
   13. Indebted
   14. Officer of the Law
   15. Whiplash
   16. Not Black and White
   17. One Night for Ourselves
   18. Military Operation
   19. Justin's Suspicion
   20. Surprise Visit
   21. Suprised Visitors
   22. The Other Side of the Lash
   23. Moving Out
   24. New Home, Old Story
   25. Free at Last
   26. Alex Haley Coda
   27. End Credits
Disc #4, Side A -- Roots: The Next Generation
   1. Prologue and Credits (00:03:37)
   2. Chicken Stories (00:04:48)
   3. Kindred Spirits (00:06:34)
   4. The Train Station (00:04:00)
   5. First-Class or Jim Crow? (00:03:26)
   6. Politics Vs. Faith (00:03:07)
   7. A Mama's Business (00:02:42)
   8. Accepting a Ride (00:04:49)
   9. Elizabeth's Suitor (00:06:47)
   10. Follow Your Feelings (00:02:34)
   11. Not Suitable for Ladies (00:02:44)
   12. Too White (00:06:35)
   13. Elizabeth's Vow (00:03:47)
   14. Double Standard (00:03:35)
   15. Jim's Declaration (00:02:51)
   16. Family Friction (00:05:23)
   17. God's Doing (00:04:35)
   18. Chicken George's Accident (00:03:14)
   19. The Matter of Carrie (00:02:43)
   20. Jump, Jim Crow (00:03:54)
   21. The Colonel's News (00:03:01)
   22. "I Have No Brother" (00:02:11)
   23. No Longer My Son (00:06:17)
   24. "Goodbye, Daddy." (00:02:41)
   25. Preview and Credits (00:02:07)
Disc #4, Side B -- Roots: The Next Generation
   1. Prologue and Credits (00:03:29)
   2. Homecoming (00:04:13)
   3. Doubts and Debts (00:05:24)
   4. Where the Negro Belongs (00:03:06)
   5. Will's New Job (00:05:35)
   6. Asking Permission (00:05:08)
   7. A Mother's Visit (00:04:50)
   8. Efforts on Lee's Behalf (00:06:02)
   9. Parental Politics (00:02:34)
   10. Contracts to Honor (00:05:21)
   11. Wedding Day Emergency (00:06:50)
   12. Sealed With a Kiss (00:02:33)
   13. Wounds Like the Old Days (00:02:36)
   14. True Democratic Slate (00:03:53)
   15. Colonel's New Platform (00:02:30)
   16. Free Man's Resolve (00:03:39)
   17. Barred From Voting (00:05:50)
   18. Deserving What Happens (00:02:30)
   19. Hunting Lee Down (00:03:08)
   20. Ashes (00:03:33)
   21. Business Before Color (00:02:08)
   22. Different Ways to Fight (00:03:59)
   23. Going Forward (00:04:34)
   24. Preview and End Credits (00:01:59)
Disc #5, Side A -- Roots: The Next Generation
   1. Recap and Credits (00:03:00)
   2. Train Travelers (00:05:41)
   3. A Great Deal Missed (00:02:47)
   4. Bertha Makes a Date (00:05:13)
   5. Picnic Oration (00:04:22)
   6. Particular Dear Friends (00:03:44)
   7. Clothes-Minded (00:03:43)
   8. Changing Feelings (00:02:27)
   9. Uncomfortable Country Boy (00:05:19)
   10. Tuition Money (00:07:07)
   11. Not Letting Go (00:04:19)
   12. Klan Reborn (00:03:37)
   13. George the Porter (00:03:21)
   14. Not Into Temptation (00:04:48)
   15. Ticket to a Reunion (00:06:51)
   16. Mr. Boyce (00:04:24)
   17. Over for Dad (00:04:56)
   18. Nothing to Worry About (00:02:23)
   19. On the March (00:03:20)
   20. Ablaze (00:02:20)
   21. Goldstein's Parting Gift (00:04:13)
   22. Graduation Day (00:03:17)
   23. For the Duration (00:05:23)
   24. Preview and End Credits (00:02:11)
Disc #5, Side B -- Roots: The Next Generation
   1. Recap and Credits (00:03:41)
   2. Military Justice (00:05:22)
   3. Advice to the College Boy (00:03:20)
   4. Luke's Appeal (00:02:49)
   5. Hard From the Word Go (00:04:38)
   6. Wrong White Men (00:03:29)
   7. Letting Go (00:03:36)
   8. Doxie's Party (00:04:24)
   9. Nothing Else Matters (00:03:46)
   10. No Battlefield Support (00:04:29)
   11. Barbed Wire (00:03:00)
   12. Captain's Rebuke (00:02:06)
   13. Ten Eyck's Confession (00:03:17)
   14. Sad News (00:02:35)
   15. Gassed; Hospital Toast (00:04:21)
   16. Café Toast (00:04:25)
   17. Gratitude and Grief (00:03:35)
   18. Dragon's Teeth (00:05:14)
   19. Knoxville Uprising (00:04:31)
   20. One Life for Another (00:01:53)
   21. Return Fighting (00:05:40)
   22. Grand Wedding Guests (00:03:37)
   23. Not His Anymore (00:05:39)
   24. Suppoosin' to Excess (00:04:17)
   25. Holding Alex Haley (00:03:05)
   26. Preview and End Credits (00:02:02)
Disc #6, Side A -- Roots: The Next Generation
   1. Recap and Credits (00:03:12)
   2. In a Depression (00:05:03)
   3. Redwood Time (00:02:45)
   4. Job Offer (00:05:43)
   5. Theirs for a Song (00:05:54)
   6. Daughter's Grief (00:02:04)
   7. Troublemaker (00:04:39)
   8. Lyle Pettijohn (00:04:20)
   9. No Better Off (00:04:04)
   10. Spreading Ideas (00:04:56)
   11. Subsidy News (00:02:16)
   12. Two Kinds of Love (00:03:41)
   13. Make Your Mark (00:02:18)
   14. Listening Good (00:02:27)
   15. Acts of Malice (00:06:48)
   16. Bertha's Malady (00:02:22)
   17. Don't Send Me Away (00:04:10)
   18. Proper Choice (00:03:31)
   19. Something Important (00:03:25)
   20. Ab's Fight (00:06:29)
   21. We Won (00:03:17)
   22. Bertha's Farewell (00:04:03)
   23. The Family Goes On (00:06:09)
   24. Preview and End Credits (00:02:23)
Disc #6, Side B -- Roots: The Next Generation
   1. Recap and Credits (00:03:48)
   2. Home From College (00:04:41)
   3. Hard for Him (00:05:52)
   4. Running Dreams (00:02:32)
   5. The Coast Guard (00:04:50)
   6. Scotty Rules (00:04:42)
   7. Different Liberty Ideas (00:03:32)
   8. Meeting Nan (00:03:11)
   9. Graduating With Daisy (00:03:18)
   10. Awful Fast Proposal (00:05:35)
   11. Fool Marriage (00:03:22)
   12. Man of Letters (00:04:46)
   13. A Daughter (00:03:53)
   14. Way With Words (00:03:46)
   15. Too Much to Carry (00:06:14)
   16. No Vacancies (00:06:40)
   17. What Really Matters (00:05:12)
   18. All Old Things (00:05:41)
   19. One More Chance (00:03:04)
   20. From Your Gut (00:04:21)
   21. Preoccupied on Christmas Eve (00:04:16)
   22. Christmas Alone (00:03:15)
   23. Preview and End Credits (00:02:16)
Disc #7 -- Roots: The Next Generation
   1. Recap and Credits (00:03:34)
   2. Funeral Reunion (00:04:05)
   3. Meeting Malcolm X (00:04:26)
   4. Meeting Oldie (00:05:31)
   5. New Assignment (00:02:55)
   6. Black Man's Voice (00:04:35)
   7. Whose Approval? (00:05:22)
   8. Rockwell Calling (00:01:34)
   9. Rockwell Interview (00:08:56)
   10. Important Book (00:05:00)
   11. Malcolm's Foreboding (00:04:47)
   12. February 21, 1965 (00:01:18)
   13. Back on the Porch (00:03:32)
   14. On His Family's Trail (00:03:16)
   15. Property Records (00:05:27)
   16. Oral Tradition Deciphered (00:06:34)
   17. Obsessive Part (00:06:09)
   18. To My Dad (00:04:35)
   19. Gambia (00:02:43)
   20. Kinte Clan Griot (00:05:52)
   21. "I Found Him!" (00:03:40)
   22. Two Kintes (00:03:33)
   23. Alex Haley Coda (00:02:12)
   24. End Credits (00:00:52)
Disc #8 -- Roots: The Gift
   1. Haley Intro; Slave Name (00:05:48)
   2. Free Man of Color (00:06:18)
   3. Kunta Hears Him (00:03:28)
   4. Early Christmas Gift (00:03:59)
   5. Christian Gentlemen (00:03:12)
   6. Return Home (00:04:29)
   7. Kunta's Lineage (00:04:39)
   8. Party Conversation (00:03:23)
   9. Resolutions for the Future (00:03:51)
   10. Reason to Live (00:04:01)
   11. Holiday Beast of Burden (00:02:00)
   12. Mass Escape Plan (00:05:18)
   13. Seditious Pamphlets (00:04:08)
   14. Can I Learn Freedom? (00:03:05)
   15. Present for Kunta (00:03:13)
   16. I Don't Know How (00:03:25)
   17. News of Revolt (00:03:28)
   18. Three Hanged Men (00:03:49)
   19. I'll Lead the Way (00:01:50)
   20. Freedom Fight (00:05:39)
   21. A Child Is Born (00:03:25)
   22. Next Time (00:01:58)
   23. Carraway's Language (00:05:04)
   24. Seeing the Light (00:02:49)
   25. Credits (00:00:47)
Disc #9 -- The Legacy of Roots
Disc #10 -- The Legacy of Roots