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