Roots: The Next Generations S1E5

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Roots: The Next Generations

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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.

Date: 02/18/1979

Rating: 7.5

Cast: Georg Stanford Brown, Olivia de Havilland, Henry Fonda, Paul Koslo, Avon Long, Lynne Moody, Greg Morris, Marc Singer, Richard Thomas, Fay Hauser, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Debbi Morgan, Kathleen Doyle, Ja'net DuBois, Slim Gaillard, Harry Morgan, Roger E. Mosley, Stan Shaw, Irene Cara, James Daly, Ossie Davis, Ruby Dee, Dorian Harewood, Kene Holliday, George Voskovec, Hal Williams, Bever-Leigh Banfield, E. Lamont Johnson, Bernie Casey, Pam Grier, Rosey Grier, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Percy Rodriguez, John Rubinstein, Diana Douglas, Jason Wingreen, Maidie Norman, Bruce French, Robert Culp, Dina Merrill, Brock Peters, Beah Richards, Paul Winfield, Lynn Hamilton, Kristoff St. John, Logan Ramsey, Dennis Fimple, Debbie Allen, Damon Evans, Andy Griffith, Diahann Carroll, Rafer Johnson, Carmen McRae, John Hancock, Della Reese, Telma Hopkins, Milt Kogan, Barbara Barrie, Marlon Brando, James Broderick, Lee Chamberlin, Michael Constantine, Norman Fell, Al Freeman Jr., James Earl Jones, Claudia McNeil, Linda Hopkins, Bobby Short, Jane Rose, Howard Rollins, Johnny Sekka, Kim Fields

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