Roots: The Next Generations
tv show
7 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired February 18, 1979
Genres:
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
Georg Stanford Brown
as
Tom Harvey
Olivia de Havilland
as
Mrs. Warner
Henry Fonda
as
Col. Frederick Warner
Paul Koslo
as
Earl Crowther
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Avon Long
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Chicken George Moore
Lynne Moody
as
Irene Harvey
Greg Morris
as
Beeman Jones
Marc Singer
as
Andy Warner
Richard Thomas
as
Jim Warner
Fay Hauser
as
Carrie Barden
Brian Stokes Mitchell
as
John Dolan
Debbi Morgan
as
Elizabeth Harvey
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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Tom Dawson
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Costume Design
Georg Stanford Brown
as
Director
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Lloyd Richards
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Director
John Erman
as
Director
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Charles S. Dubin
as
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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Music
Alex Haley
as
Writer
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Ernest Kinoy
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Writer