Roots: The Next Generations
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First Air DateFeb 18, 1979
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ProductionDavid L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
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Rotten tomato73%
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Original titleRoots: The Next Generations
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ReleaseFeb 18, 1979
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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.
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Casts
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Tom Harvey
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Mrs. Warner
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Col. Frederick Warner
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Earl Crowther
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Chicken George Moore
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Irene Harvey
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Beeman Jones
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Andy Warner
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Jim Warner
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Carrie Barden
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John Dolan
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Elizabeth Harvey
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Lucy Damson
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Sally Harvey
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Sam Wesley
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Bob Campbell
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Lee Garnet
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Will Palmer
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Bertha Palmer Haley
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R.S.M. Boyce
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Dad Jones
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Queen Victoria Haley
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Simon Haley
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Detroit
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Mr. Goldstein
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Aleck Haley
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Cynthia Palmer
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Frank Warner, age 20
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Bubba Haywood
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Francey
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Big Slew Johnson
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Capt. Bowker
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Boyd Moffatt
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Lt. Hamilton Ten Eyck
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Mrs. Andy Warner
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Judge Quartermain
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Sister Scrap Scott
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Calloway
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Lyle Pettijohn
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Mrs. Hickinger
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Ab Decker
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Cynthia Palmer
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Dr. Horace Huguley
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Cousin Georgia Anderson
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Alex Haley, age 12
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D.L. Lewis
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Sheriff Duffy
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Nan Branch Haley
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Alex Haley, ages 17-25
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Cmdr. Robert Munroe