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Roots: The Next Generations

  • TV-14
  • 1979
  • 1 season
  • Drama
  • 7.5

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.

Episodes

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Series cast

Debbi MorganElizabeth Harvey6 episodes
Dorian HarewoodSimon Haley5 episodes
Paul KosloEarl Crowther4 episodes
Marc SingerAndy Warner4 episodes
Lynn HamiltonCousin Georgia Anderson4 episodes
Stan ShawWill Palmer (archive footage)4 episodes
Fay HauserCarrie Warner4 episodes
Bever-Leigh BanfieldCynthia Palmer4 episodes
Irene CaraBertha Palmer (archive footage)3 episodes
Henry FondaColonel Frederick Warner3 episodes
Richard ThomasJim Warner3 episodes
Ruby DeeQueen Haley3 episodes
Olivia de HavillandMrs. Warner2 episodes
Beah RichardsCynthia Palmer2 episodes
Georg Stanford BrownTom Harvey (archive footage)2 episodes
Lynne MoodyIrene Harvey (archive footage)2 episodes
Kathleen DoyleLucy Damson2 episodes
Don KeeferMr. Hapgood2 episodes

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