5/5 Great value - excellent series
  by maestra v (Waterford, CT)
I love this series. I had a VHS copy and needed to replace it with the DVD collection. I show excerpts to my history students as it gives a sober visual to supplement the unit on the transatlantic slave trade. You can not beat the value at Amazon.com

4/5 Human nature at it's lowest and at its best.
  by B. Baker (Washington)
I met Alex Haley once. He was a very proud, dignified man. Rightly so with ancestors like those in Roots. The courage and determination of these people are remarkable. The history is sad. The story is inspirational.

My only complaint: I never realized how much Virginia's Peidmont looks like California.

4/5 Moving story. Great acting. Some sets were totally unrealistic
  by Lisa Johnson
Amazing story. captures some of the really bad brutality of slavery. Slave ships, whipping, manicles.

But the slave cabins were all wrong. Belle's "slave cabin" looked like it belonged to a middle class white family of that era. The room was large. Painted walls. Windows with glass panes and white dividers. nice furniture. A carved head board on the bed with a nice quilt. Shelves for holding things in the kitchen.

I've seen pictures of Thomas Jefferson's slave cabins. thin mats on wood floors for sleeping, no windows, very small rooms, about the size of a modern bath room, very dusty and dirty. And Jefferson's were supposed to be better than most.



5/5 Roots
  by James B. Welch (Washougal, Washington)
Great condition. I have wanted this item ever since I saw it on T.V. Excellent Quality and condition.

1/5 Not happy!
  by John in Indy (IN USA)
My wife and I were enjoying watching this until we got to about 1 hour and 23 minutes into the fourth disk. The screen went blank. I tried everything going back and forth to see the end of the story but I could not get it to work. Very disapointing! Do not buy this product!!!