Roots: The Next Generations
Rating: 7.5 · 1979 · Drama · USA · 1 sns
Description
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.
Information
- Year
- 1979
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- USA
- Seasons
- 1
- TMDB
- 7.5
- IMDb
- 7.5
Director
Cast
- Debbi Morgan — Elizabeth Harvey
- Dorian Harewood — Simon Haley
- Stan Shaw — Will Palmer
- Paul Koslo — Earl Crowther
- Marc Singer — Andy Warner
- Lynn Hamilton — Cousin Georgia Anderson
- Irene Cara — Bertha Palmer Haley
- Fay Hauser — Carrie Warner
- Bever-Leigh Banfield — Cynthia Palmer
- Georg Stanford Brown — Tom Harvey
- Lynne Moody — Irene Harvey
- Henry Fonda — Colonel Frederick Warner
- Richard Thomas — Jim Warner
- Ruby Dee — Queen Haley
- Olivia de Havilland — Mrs. Warner
- Beah Richards — Cynthia Palmer
- Kathleen Doyle — Lucy Damson
- Don Keefer — Mr. Hapgood
- Royce Wallace — Minnie
- Damu King — Sergeant Washington