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 Elizabeth Harvey
as Will Palmer
as Bertha Palmer Haley
as Simon Haley
as Lyle Pettijohn
as Mrs. Hickinger
as Cynthia Palmer
as Dr. Horace Huguley
as Cousin Georgia Anderson
as Teenage Deputy
as Alvin Peacock
as Alex Haley, age 12
as Ab Dekker
as F.R. Lewis
as Sheriff Duffy
as Jake
as Dr. Crawford
