Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations
Created byAlex Haley
Based onRoots: The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley
Screenplay byErnest Kinoy
Directed byJohn Erman (eps. 1, 3, 4, 7)
Charles S. Dubin (ep. 2)
Georg Stanford Brown (ep. 5)
Lloyd Richards (ep. 6)
StarringJames Earl Jones
Dorian Harewood
Irene Cara
Stan Shaw
Georg Stanford Brown
Debbi Morgan
Theme music composerGerald Fried
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish/Mandinka
No. of episodes7
Production
Executive producerDavid L. Wolper
ProducerStan Margulies
Running time840 minutes
Production companyDavid L. Wolper Productions
BudgetUS$16.6 million
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseFebruary 18 (1979-02-18) –
February 24, 1979 (1979-02-24)
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Roots: The Next Generations is an American television miniseries based on the last seven chapters of Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. First aired on ABC in February 1979, it is a sequel to the 1977 Roots miniseries, tracing the lives of Kunta Kinte's descendants in Henning, Tennessee, from 1882 to 1967.

Roots: The Next Generations was produced with a budget of $16.6 million, nearly three times larger than that of the original.[1] The screenplay was written by Ernest Kinoy.[2]

  1. ^ Rich, Frank (February 18, 1979). "Television: A Super Sequel to Haley's Comet". Time. Archived from the original on September 5, 2007. Retrieved 2010-02-26.
  2. ^ "Roots: The Next Generations". Turner Classic Movies. United States: Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved March 12, 2018.