Roots: The Next Generations

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Roots: The Next Generations

1979- 1979

1 Seasons

7 Episodes

7.5(32 votes)

Ended

Drama

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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72 members

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Georg Stanford Brown

Tom Harvey

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Olivia de Havilland

Mrs. Warner

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Henry Fonda

Col. Frederick Warner

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Paul Koslo

Earl Crowther

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Avon Long

Chicken George Moore

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Lynne Moody

Irene Harvey

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Greg Morris

Beeman Jones

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Marc Singer

Andy Warner

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Richard Thomas

Jim Warner

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Fay Hauser

Carrie Barden

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Brian Stokes Mitchell

John Dolan

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Debbi Morgan

Elizabeth Harvey

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Kathleen Doyle

Lucy Damson

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Ja'net DuBois

Sally Harvey

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Slim Gaillard

Sam Wesley

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Harry Morgan

Bob Campbell

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Roger E. Mosley

Lee Garnet

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Stan Shaw

Will Palmer

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Irene Cara

Bertha Palmer Haley

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James Daly

R.S.M. Boyce

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Ossie Davis

Dad Jones

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Ruby Dee

Queen Victoria Haley

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Dorian Harewood

Simon Haley

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Kene Holliday

Detroit

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Jiří Voskovec

Mr. Goldstein

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Hal Williams

Aleck Haley

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Bever-Leigh Banfield

Cynthia Palmer

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E. Lamont Johnson

Frank Warner, age 20

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Bernie Casey

Bubba Haywood

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Pam Grier

Francey

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Rosey Grier

Big Slew Johnson

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Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Capt. Bowker

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Percy Rodriguez

Boyd Moffatt

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John Rubinstein

Lt. Hamilton Ten Eyck

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Diana Douglas

Mrs. Andy Warner

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Jason Wingreen

Judge Quartermain

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Maidie Norman

Sister Scrap Scott

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Bruce French

Calloway

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Robert Culp

Lyle Pettijohn

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Dina Merrill

Mrs. Hickinger

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Brock Peters

Ab Decker

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Beah Richards

Cynthia Palmer

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Paul Winfield

Dr. Horace Huguley

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Lynn Hamilton

Cousin Georgia Anderson

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Kristoff St. John

Alex Haley, age 12

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Logan Ramsey

D.L. Lewis

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Dennis Fimple

Sheriff Duffy

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Debbie Allen

Nan Branch Haley

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Damon Evans

Alex Haley, ages 17-25

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Andy Griffith

Cmdr. Robert Munroe

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Diahann Carroll

Zeona Haley

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Rafer Johnson

Nelson

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Carmen McRae

Lila

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John Hancock

Scotty

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Della Reese

Mrs. Lydia Branch

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Telma Hopkins

Daisy

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Milt Kogan

Mel Klein

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Barbara Barrie

Dodie Brattle

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Marlon Brando

George Lincoln Rockwell

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James Broderick

Dr. Lewis

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Lee Chamberlin

Odile Richards

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Michael Constantine

Dr. Vansina

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Norman Fell

Bernie Raymond

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Al Freeman Jr.

Malcolm X

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James Earl Jones

Alex Haley

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Claudia McNeil

Sister Will Ada

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Linda Hopkins

Singer

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Bobby Short

Pianist

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Jane Rose

Mrs. Bullfinch

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Howard Rollins

George Haley

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Johnny Sekka

Ebou Manga

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Kim Fields

Lydia Haley

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