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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 produced with a budget of $16.6 million, nearly three times as large as that of the original.

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Roots: The Next Generations

February 18, 1979
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Cast (50)

Pam Grier
Francey
James Earl Jones
Alex Haley
Marlon Brando
George Lincoln Rockwell
Robert Culp
Lyle Pettijohn
Richard Thomas
Jim Warner
Andy Griffith
Commander Robert Munroe
Henry Fonda
Colonel Frederick Warner
John Rubinstein
Lieutenant Hamilton Ten Eyck
Stan Shaw
Will Palmer
Stan Shaw
Jim Warner
Marc Singer
Andy Warner
Harry Morgan
Bob Campbell
Beah Richards
Cynthia Palmer
Diahann Carroll
Zeona Haley
Paul Koslo
Earl Crowther
Dorian Harewood
Simon Haley
James Broderick
Dr. Lewis
Debbie Allen
Branch Haley
Paul Winfield
Dr. Horace Huguley
Lynn Hamilton
Cousin Georgia Anderson
Bernie Casey
Bubba Haywood
Brock Peters
Ab Decker
Roger E. Mosley
Lee Garnet
Irene Cara
Bertha Palmer Haley
Ruby Dee
la reine Victoria Haley
Debbi Morgan
Elizabeth Harvey
George Voskovec
M. Goldstein
Hal Williams
Aleck Haley
Lynne Moody
Irene Harvey
Barbara Barrie
Dodie Brattle
Greg Morris
Beeman Jones
Lee Chamberlin
Odile Richards
Al Freeman Jr.
Malcom X
Norman Fell
Bernie Raymond
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Capitaine Bowker
Percy Rodriguez
Boyd Moffatt
Kristoff St. John
Alex Haley, Age 12
Fay Hauser
Carrie
Avon Long
Chicken George Moore
Damon Evans
Alex Haley, ages 17-25

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Alex Haley
Writer

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David L. Wolper
Executive Producer
Stan Margulies
Producer

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