Roots: The Next Generations
tv show
7 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired February 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.
Cast
Debbi Morgan
as
Elizabeth Harvey
Dorian Harewood
as
Simon Haley
Stan Shaw
as
Will Palmer
Paul Koslo
as
Earl Crowther
Marc Singer
as
Andy Warner
Lynn Hamilton
as
Cousin Georgia Anderson
Irene Cara
as
Bertha Palmer Haley
Fay Hauser
as
Carrie Warner
Bever-Leigh Banfield
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Cynthia Palmer
Georg Stanford Brown
as
Tom Harvey
Lynne Moody
as
Irene Harvey
Henry Fonda
as
Colonel Frederick Warner
Crew
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Robert MacKichan
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Art Direction
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Joseph M. Wilcots
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Director of Photography
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Thomas S. Dawson
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Costume Design
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George Taylor
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Post Production Supervisor
Georg Stanford Brown
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Director
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Charles S. Dubin
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Director
John Erman
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Director
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Lloyd Richards
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Director
David L. Wolper
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Executive Producer
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Stan Margulies
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Producer
Gerald Fried
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Original Music Composer
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Ernest Kinoy
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Writer