Roots: The Next Generations
| Roots: The Next Generations | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | David L. Wolper |
| Producer | Stan Margulies |
| Running time | 840 minutes |
| Production companies | David L. Wolper Productions Warner Bros. Television |
| Budget | US$16.6 million |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | February 18 – February 24, 1979 |
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. The screenplay was written by Ernest Kinoy.