Roots: The Next Generations

Feb 18, 1979 (en) Drama [96] Min
  • First Air Date
    Feb 18, 1979
  • Production
    David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
  • Rotten tomato
    73%
  • Original title
    Roots: The Next Generations
  • Release
    Feb 18, 1979
  • en
    -

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Stan Margulies

    Producer

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  1. Georg Stanford Brown

    Tom Harvey

  2. Olivia de Havilland

    Mrs. Warner

  3. Henry Fonda

    Col. Frederick Warner

  4. Paul Koslo

    Earl Crowther

  5. Avon Long

    Chicken George Moore

  6. Lynne Moody

    Irene Harvey

  7. Greg Morris

    Beeman Jones

  8. Marc Singer

    Andy Warner

  9. Richard Thomas

    Jim Warner

  10. Fay Hauser

    Carrie Barden

  11. Brian Stokes Mitchell

    John Dolan

  12. Debbi Morgan

    Elizabeth Harvey

  13. Kathleen Doyle

    Lucy Damson

  14. Ja'net DuBois

    Sally Harvey

  15. Slim Gaillard

    Sam Wesley

  16. Harry Morgan

    Bob Campbell

  17. Roger E. Mosley

    Lee Garnet

  18. Stan Shaw

    Will Palmer

  19. Irene Cara

    Bertha Palmer Haley

  20. James Daly

    R.S.M. Boyce

  21. Ossie Davis

    Dad Jones

  22. Ruby Dee

    Queen Victoria Haley

  23. Dorian Harewood

    Simon Haley

  24. Kene Holliday

    Detroit

  25. George Voskovec

    Mr. Goldstein

  26. Hal Williams

    Aleck Haley

  27. Bever-Leigh Banfield

    Cynthia Palmer

  28. E. Lamont Johnson

    Frank Warner, age 20

  29. Bernie Casey

    Bubba Haywood

  30. Pam Grier

    Francey

  31. Rosey Grier

    Big Slew Johnson

  32. Gerald S. O'Loughlin

    Capt. Bowker

  33. Percy Rodriguez

    Boyd Moffatt

  34. John Rubinstein

    Lt. Hamilton Ten Eyck

  35. Diana Douglas

    Mrs. Andy Warner

  36. Jason Wingreen

    Judge Quartermain

  37. Maidie Norman

    Sister Scrap Scott

  38. Bruce French

    Calloway

  39. Robert Culp

    Lyle Pettijohn

  40. Dina Merrill

    Mrs. Hickinger

  41. Brock Peters

    Ab Decker

  42. Beah Richards

    Cynthia Palmer

  43. Paul Winfield

    Dr. Horace Huguley

  44. Lynn Hamilton

    Cousin Georgia Anderson

  45. Kristoff St. John

    Alex Haley, age 12

  46. Logan Ramsey

    D.L. Lewis

  47. Dennis Fimple

    Sheriff Duffy

  48. Debbie Allen

    Nan Branch Haley

  49. Damon Evans

    Alex Haley, ages 17-25

  50. Andy Griffith

    Cmdr. Robert Munroe

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 72 / Crews : 7

Specials ( )

Roots: The Next Generations - The Legacy Continues

Episode: 1

Season 1 ( 1979-02-18)

Part 1

Episode: 1

Part 2

Episode: 2

Part 3

Episode: 3

Part 4

Episode: 4

Part 5

Episode: 5

Part 6

Episode: 6

Part 7

Episode: 7
Feb 18, 1979 (en)
Drama
[96] Min
  • First Air Date Feb 18, 1979
  • Production
    David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
  • Rotten tomato 73%
Original Title Roots: The Next Generations
en

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Stan Margulies

    Producer