Roots: The Next Generations
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 p…
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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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Debbi Morgan
Elizabeth Harvey · 6 episodes
Dorian Harewood
Simon Haley · 5 episodes
Stan Shaw
Will Palmer · 5 episodes
Paul Koslo
Earl Crowther · 4 episodes
Marc Singer
Andy Warner · 4 episodes
Lynn Hamilton
Cousin Georgia Anderson · 4 episodes
Irene Cara
Bertha Palmer Haley · 4 episodes
Fay Hauser
Carrie Warner · 4 episodes
Bever-Leigh Banfield
Cynthia Palmer · 4 episodes
Georg Stanford Brown
Tom Harvey · 3 episodes
Lynne Moody
Irene Harvey · 3 episodes
Henry Fonda
Colonel Frederick Warner · 3 episodes
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