American Film: Journal of the Film and Television Arts [magazine] (October 1976) [cover: LeVar Burton in "Roots"]

Washington DC: The American Film Institute. Near Fine. 1976. (Vol. II, No. 1). Periodical. [beautiful copy, virtually as-new with just the teensiest bit of wear along the spine]. (B&W/color photographs) Most of the feature articles in this issue are devoted to TV, including: cover story on the production of "Roots"; an article on the new TV season; article about the PBS drama series "Visions," with emphasis on the opportunities provided for writers; an article on "car culture in film" (the second in a series by Julian Smith, this one featuring an on-location production report on RACE WITH THE DEVIL); an article about pre-World War II cinema programs from Berlin and Vienna. Larry McMurtry expounds about movie westerns in his regular column, and the "Dialogue on Film" is with screenwriter Ernest Lehman. .