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David L. Wolper on why he knew Roots would work and on convincing ABC, headed by Brandon Stoddard, to air the show 02:27
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on the screenplay for Roots being written as the book was being written, and on making it a miniseries 02:21
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on casting Roots, including LeVar Burton as "Kunta Kinte" 03:40
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on the huge success of Roots when it aired in January of 1977 03:57
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on the decision for Roots to have more than one director; on choosing the writers 03:10
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on creating characters for Roots that were not in Alex Haley's book 00:50
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots
David L. Wolper on executive producing Roots: The Next Generations 02:39
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Roots: The Next Generations
David L. Wolper on Roots winning Emmys 00:36
Interview: David L. Wolper | Show: Emmy Awards, The (Primetime and Daytime)
David L. Wolper on producing Roots 28:39
Interview: David L. Wolper | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
David L. Wolper on producing Roots 28:39
Interview: David L. Wolper | Topic: Representation on Television
David L. Wolper on producing Roots 28:39
Interview: David L. Wolper | Topic: Underrepresented Voices
David L. Wolper on the huge success of Roots when it aired in January of 1977 03:57
Interview: David L. Wolper | Topic: Television Industry
David L. Wolper on the huge success of Roots when it aired in January of 1977 03:57
Interview: David L. Wolper | Topic: Industry Crossroads
On his early years being raised in England and Germany; on his interest in reporting; on attending Syracuse University as an undergraduate and Stanford for graduate school 05:39
Interview: Ted Koppel
On an internship at NBC and getting a job at ABC; on reporting on JFK's assassination and the Civil Rights Movement for ABC radio 11:42
Interview: Ted Koppel
On his first television appearance; on reporting from Vietnam; on the technology setup to report from Vietnam; on becoming Miami Bureau Chief and then Southeast Asian Bureau Chief 11:25
Interview: Ted Koppel
Ted Koppel on reporting on JFK's assassination for ABC radio 02:21
Interview: Ted Koppel | Genre: News and Documentary
Ted Koppel on reporting on the Civil Rights Movement for ABC radio 04:21
Interview: Ted Koppel | Genre: News and Documentary