Roots: The Next Generations | |
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Created by | Alex Haley |
Based on | Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley |
Screenplay by | Ernest Kinoy |
Directed by | John Erman (eps. 1, 3, 4, 7) Charles S. Dubin (ep. 2) Georg Stanford Brown (ep. 5) Lloyd Richards (ep. 6) |
Starring | James Earl Jones Dorian Harewood Irene Cara Stan Shaw Georg Stanford Brown Debbi Morgan |
Theme music composer | Gerald Fried |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English/Mandinka |
No. of episodes | 7 |
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Executive producer | David L. Wolper |
Producer | Stan Margulies |
Running time | 840 minutes |
Production company | David L. Wolper Productions |
Budget | US$16.6 million |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | February 18 February 24, 1979 | –
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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]