Roots: The Next Generations 1979
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.
Episodes
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1S1·E1 Part 1It has now been 12 years since Chicken George and his family left their plantation in Virginia and arrived in Henning, Tennessee. The year is 1882 and the era of…2S1·E2 Part 2Thirteen years have passed in the town of Henning, Tennessee and now in 1896, the town has taken advantage of a burgeoning new industrial age thanks to the expansion of…3S1·E3 Part 3The year is 1914 and Will and Cynthia Palmer's daughter Bertha heads off to college, eventually meeting and falling in love with a poor but hard-working fellow student…4S1·E4 Part 4In a flashback of a military gallows in 1917 Texas, a group of black soldiers from the 24th Infantry, convicted for various crimes including mutiny, are hung. Fast…5S1·E5 Part 5Eleven years after the Haley's return home with baby Alex, the story opens in 1932 in Henning, Tennessee during the Great Depression, with Simon still unable to find a…6S1·E6 Part 6Seven years have passed since Alex's mother's death and the Haley family has moved to Elizabeth City, North Carolina where Simon is teaching agriculture at the local…7S1·E7 Part 7In the exciting conclusion, it is now 1960 in Henning, Tennessee, 10 years after Alex's wife Nan left him, and Alex attends the funeral for his great Aunt Elizabeth. He…
Cast
E
Ella Mae Brown
Party Guest (uncredited)
A
Avon Long
Chicken George Moore
E
E. Lamont Johnson
Frank Warner
J
Jane Rose
Mrs. Bulfinch
Crew
- Creator
- Alex Haley
- Writers
- Alex Haley, Ernest Kinoy
- Producers
- Stan Margulies
- Executive Producers
- David L. Wolper
- Cinematography
- Joseph M. Wilcots
- Composer
- Gerald Fried
- Costume Design
- Thomas S. Dawson
Details
- First air date
- Feb 18, 1979
- Last air date
- Feb 25, 1979
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 7
- Episode runtime
- 96 min
- Network
- ABC
- Status
- Ended
- Studios
- David L. Wolper Productions, Warner Bros. Television
- Country
- United States of America
- Language
- English, French
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