Release Date

18 Feb, 1979

Runtime

01:36: (HH:MM)

Total Episode/Season

7/1

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.

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Season 1

18 Feb, 1979

Created By

Alex Haley

Actors

Georg Stanford Brown

Olivia de Havilland

Henry Fonda

Paul Koslo

Avon Long

Lynne Moody

Greg Morris

Marc Singer

Richard Thomas

Fay Hauser

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Debbi Morgan

Kathleen Doyle

Ja'net DuBois

Slim Gaillard

Harry Morgan

Roger E. Mosley

Stan Shaw

Irene Cara

James Daly

Ossie Davis

Crew

Alex Haley

Gerald Fried

Joseph M. Wilcots

Robert MacKichan

Tom Dawson

Stan Margulies

David L. Wolper