Roots: The Next Generations

Overview

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.

Roughly 11h 12m to watch every episode. This is an estimate: 7 episodes at the typical episode runtime of 96 minutes.

Series cast and crew

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  Debbi MorganElizabeth Harvey
  6 episodes

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  Dorian HarewoodSimon Haley
  5 episodes

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  Paul KosloEarl Crowther
  4 episodes

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  Marc SingerAndy Warner
  4 episodes

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  Lynn HamiltonCousin Georgia Anderson
  4 episodes

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  Stan ShawWill Palmer (archive footage)
  4 episodes

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  Fay HauserCarrie Barden
  4 episodes

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  Bever-Leigh BanfieldCynthia Harvey Palmer (archive footage)
  4 episodes

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  Irene CaraBertha Palmer Haley
  3 episodes

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  Henry FondaColonel Frederick Warner
  3 episodes

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  Richard ThomasJim Warner
  3 episodes

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  Ruby DeeQueen Haley
  3 episodes

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  Olivia de HavillandMrs. Warner
  2 episodes

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  Beah RichardsCynthia Palmer
  2 episodes

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  Georg Stanford BrownTom Harvey
  2 episodes

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  Lynne MoodyIrene Harvey (archive footage)
  2 episodes

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  Kathleen DoyleLucy Damson
  2 episodes

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  Don KeeferMr. Hapgood
  2 episodes

Created by

Alex Haley

Network

ABC

Seasons and episodes

• Miniseries1979 · 7 episodes
• Specials1 episode