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Roots: The Next Generations
12
1979
season 1
Drama
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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Col. Frederick Warner
Earl Crowther
Chicken George Moore
Irene Harvey
Beeman Jones
Andy Warner
Jim Warner
Carrie Barden
Elizabeth Harvey
Lucy Damson
Sally Harvey
Sam Wesley
Bob Campbell
Lee Garnet
Will Palmer
Bertha Palmer Haley
R.S.M. Boyce
Dad Jones
Queen Victoria Haley
Simon Haley
Mr. Goldstein
Aleck Haley
Cynthia Palmer
Frank Warner, age 20
Bubba Haywood
Francey
Big Slew Johnson
Boyd Moffatt
Lt. Hamilton Ten Eyck
Mrs. Andy Warner
Judge Quartermain
Sister Scrap Scott
Calloway
Lyle Pettijohn
Mrs. Hickinger
Ab Decker
Cynthia Palmer
Dr. Horace Huguley
Cousin Georgia Anderson
Alex Haley, age 12
D.L. Lewis
Sheriff Duffy
Nan Branch Haley
Alex Haley, ages 17-25
Cmdr. Robert Munroe
Zeona Haley
Mrs. Lydia Branch
Mel Klein
Dodie Brattle
George Lincoln Rockwell
Odile Richards
Bernie Raymond
Sister Will Ada
Mrs. Bullfinch
George Haley
Ebou Manga
Lydia Haley
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