Roots: The Next Generations (1979)

Directed by

John Erman

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Length

1 season, 7 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries follows the descendants of Kunta Kinte over eight decades from 1882 to 1967, showing how they lived through Reconstruction, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights era in Henning, Tennessee. It continues the family saga of survival, struggle, and progress.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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