| Overall: | A- |
|---|---|
| Violence: | C |
| Sexual Content: | C- |
| Language: | B |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
| Run Time: | 573 |
| Theater Release: | |
| Video Release: | 15 Jan 2002 |
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After watching a movie with your children or students, we encourage parents and teachers to look for education opportunities to teach with movies. Here are a few discussion topics that can help with lesson plans or teaching in the home.
Slavery may have been abolished long ago, but prejudice has not. Why can’t changing a law change a person’s attitude? How has the history of slavery in America’s past contributed to racial tensions that exist today?
What lessons can you learn from the suffering of this people? How can these insights be applied to other situations?
To learn even more about the production of Roots and the history of African-Americans, check this website: www.africana.com/roots25
Roots played an important role in a renewal of interest in one’s genealogical history. If you have a desire to trace your roots, check out the wealth of information available at www.familysearch.org—it’s free.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
