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Roots: The Next Generations

  • TV series
  • 1979
  • TV-14
  • 1 season
  • 7 episodes

Created by Alex Haley

7.5

TMDB audience rating
7.5 out of 10 from 36 votes

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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.

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Series cast and crew

  • Debbi Morgan

    Debbi MorganElizabeth Harvey
    6 episodes

  • Dorian Harewood

    Dorian HarewoodSimon Haley
    5 episodes

  • Paul Koslo

    Paul KosloEarl Crowther
    4 episodes

  • Marc Singer

    Marc SingerAndy Warner
    4 episodes

  • Lynn Hamilton

    Lynn HamiltonCousin Georgia Anderson
    4 episodes

  • Stan Shaw

    Stan ShawWill Palmer (archive footage)
    4 episodes

  • Fay Hauser

    Fay HauserCarrie Barden
    4 episodes

  • Bever-Leigh Banfield

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

  • Irene Cara

    Irene CaraBertha Palmer Haley
    3 episodes

  • Henry Fonda

    Henry FondaColonel Frederick Warner
    3 episodes

  • Richard Thomas

    Richard ThomasJim Warner
    3 episodes

  • Ruby Dee

    Ruby DeeQueen Haley
    3 episodes

  • Olivia de Havilland

    Olivia de HavillandMrs. Warner
    2 episodes

  • Beah Richards

    Beah RichardsCynthia Palmer
    2 episodes

  • Georg Stanford Brown

    Georg Stanford BrownTom Harvey
    2 episodes

  • Lynne Moody

    Lynne MoodyIrene Harvey (archive footage)
    2 episodes

  • Kathleen Doyle

    Kathleen DoyleLucy Damson
    2 episodes

  • Don Keefer

    Don KeeferMr. Hapgood
    2 episodes

Created by
Alex Haley
Network
ABC

Seasons and episodes