Roots: The Next Generations ( Air Date 1979-02-18 ) Genre Drama category. 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.".
Roots: The Next Generations
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- Watch: Roots: The Next Generations on CWR-CRB
- Stars: 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, Ruby Dee, Dorian Harewood, Kene Holliday, George Voskovec, Hal Williams, Bever-Leigh Banfield, E. Lamont Johnson, Bernie Casey, Pam Grier
- Director: Alex Haley, Gerald Fried, Joseph M. Wilcots, Robert MacKichan, Tom Dawson, Stan Margulies, David L. Wolper
