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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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
