Miniseries: It wasn't a phenomenon like ABC's 1977 original from the three-network era. But A&E/History's recent reinterpretation of Alex Haley's American slavery story was hailed by critics and fans for its gritty realism, embodied by Forest Whitaker, Laurence Fishburne, Malachi Kirby, Anika Noni Rose.
Extras: Detailed documentary on the setting's real-life history _ slave-era African societies, horrors of slave trade/transport, plantation economics, slaves' resistance, post-Civil War struggles, lots more.
List price: $27 DVD/$30 Blu-ray + digital, out today from Lionsgate.
Also today:
DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW Heroes and villains join forces to save time as we know it; with last year's Comic-Con panel, plus featurettes on time-travel settings, Jonah Hex's "Sergio Leone" western, Waverider (Season 2 starts Oct. 13 on CW); $40 DVD/$45 Blu + digital, Warner.
ASH VS EVIL DEAD. Bruce Campbell's gruesome horror-com boasts commentaries on all episodes, featurettes (Season 2 starts Oct. 2 on Starz); $40 DVD/$50 Blu, Anchor Bay.
SUPERSTORE America Ferrera, Ben Feldman in comedy of big-box retail hell (Season 2 starts Sept. 22 on NBC); $30 DVD, Universal.
