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Roots: The Next Generations(1979)

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First Air Date: 1979-02-18
Average Runtime: 1h 36m
Rating: 7.4
Votes: 35
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7

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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Seasons & Episodes

Miniseries

Episodes: 7
E01
Part 1

Air Date: 1979-02-18

1h 0m

It has now been 12 years since Chicken George and his family left their plantation in Virginia and arrived in Henning...

E02
Part 2

Air Date: 1979-02-19

1h 0m

Thirteen years have passed in the town of Henning, Tennessee and now in 1896, the town has taken advantage of a burge...

E03
Part 3

Air Date: 1979-02-20

1h 0m

The year is 1914 and Will and Cynthia Palmer's daughter Bertha heads off to college, eventually meeting and falling i...

E04
Part 4

Air Date: 1979-02-21

1h 0m

In a flashback of a military gallows in 1917 Texas, a group of black soldiers from the 24th Infantry, convicted for v...

E05
Part 5

Air Date: 1979-02-22

1h 0m

Eleven years after the Haley's return home with baby Alex, the story opens in 1932 in Henning, Tennessee during the G...

E06
Part 6

Air Date: 1979-02-23

1h 0m

Seven years have passed since Alex's mother's death and the Haley family has moved to Elizabeth City, North Carolina ...

E07
Part 7

Air Date: 1979-02-25

1h 0m

In the exciting conclusion, it is now 1960 in Henning, Tennessee, 10 years after Alex's wife Nan left him, and Alex a...

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