Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
Synopsis
Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County, Tennessee, USA. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley's novel entitled Roots: The Saga of an American Family plus additional material by Haley. Roots: The Next Generations was produced with a budget of $16.6 million, nearly three times as large as that of the original.
First Air Date: 1979-02-18
Last Air Date: 1979-02-25
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 7
Created By: Alex Haley
Networks: ABC
Top Cast
- Debbi Morgan as Elizabeth Harvey
- Dorian Harewood as Simon Haley
- Stan Shaw as Will Palmer
- Paul Koslo as Earl Crowther
- Marc Singer as Andy Warner
- Lynn Hamilton as Cousin Georgia Anderson
- Irene Cara as Bertha Palmer Haley
- Fay Hauser as Carrie Warner
- Bever-Leigh Banfield as Cynthia Palmer
- Georg Stanford Brown as Tom Harvey
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Ep. 1: Roots: The Next Generations - The Legacy Continues
Reminiscences by James Earl Jones, director Georg Stanford Brown and executive producer David L. Wolper
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