Roots: The Next Generations
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| Roots: The Next Generations | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Georg Stanford Brown Charles S. Dubin John Erman Lloyd Richards |
| Produced by | Stan Margulies David L. Wolper |
| Written by | Alex Haley |
| Starring | Georg Stanford Brown Olivia de Havilland Henry Fonda Paul Koslo Lynne Moody |
| Music by | Gerald Fried |
| Cinematography | Joseph M. Wilcots |
| Distributed by | ABC |
| Release date(s) | 1979 |
| Running time | 840 min. |
| Country | |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Roots |
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Roots: The Next Generations is a 1979 television miniseries that continues the story of the family of Alex Haley from the time of Reconstruction.
- Georg Stanford Brown - Tom Harvey
- Olivia de Havilland - Mrs. Warner
- Henry Fonda - Colonel Frederick Warner
- Avon Long - Chicken George Moore
- Lynne Moody - Irene Harvey
- Greg Morris - Beeman Jones
- Marc Singer - Andy Warner
- Richard Thomas - Jim Warner
- Brian Stokes Mitchell - John Dolan
- Debbi Morgan - Elizabeth Harvey
- Ja'net Du Bois - Sally Harvey
- James Earl Jones - Alex Haley
- Al Freeman, Jr. - Malcolm X
- Howard Rollins - George Haley
- Debbie Allen - Nan Haley
- Slim Gaillard - Sam Wesley
- Harry Morgan - Bob Campbell
- Roger E. Mosley - Lee Garnet
- Irene Cara - Bertha Palmer Haley
- James Daly - RSM Boyce
- Ossie Davis - Dad Jones
- Ruby Dee - Queen Haley
- Dorian Harewood - Simon Haley
- Diahann Carroll - Zenitha Haley
- Kene Holliday - Detroit
- Marlon Brando - George Lincoln Rockwell
- George Voskovec - Mr. Goldstein
- Hal Williams - Alec Haley (Queen's Husband)