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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.
Release
1979-02-18
Seasons
1 (1979 - 1979), 7 episodes
Network
ABC
Creator
Directors
Georg Stanford Brown, Charles S. Dubin, John Erman, Lloyd Richards
Original language
English
IMDb
imdb.com/title/tt0078678/
Homepage
alexhaley.com/roots-the-next-generations/