
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 Simon Haley

as Cousin Georgia Anderson

as George Lincoln Rockwell

as Alex Haley

as African Minister

as Tom Harvey (archive footage)

as Irene Harvey (archive footage)

as Ebou Manga

as George Haley

as Mandinkan Minister

as Bobby Short (pianist)

as Dodie Brattle

as Dr. Lewis

as Odile Richards

as Dr. Vansina

as Paul Reynolds

as Singer

as Mrs. Bulfinch

as Sister Will Ada Barnett

as Malcolm X

as Cynthia Harvey Palmer (archive footage)

as Will Palmer (archive footage)

as Bertha Palmer (archive footage)

as U.N. Receptionist

as Muslim at Door