From Wikipedia: Roots: The Next Generations is a 1979 (February 18, 1979 – February 24, 1979) 7-part television miniseries produced by Stan Margulies, that continues the story of the family of Alex Haley from the 1880s, and their life in Henning, Tennessee, to the 1960s, with Haley researching his family history and his travels to Africa to learn of his alleged ancestor, Kunta Kinte. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley's fictional novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family and additional material by him.

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
Georg Stanford Brown
Stan Shaw
Debbi Morgan

Music by Gerald Fried

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Debbie Allen on being cast as "Nan" in Roots: The Next Generations

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Esther Shapiro on developing the miniseries Roots: The Next Generation

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Joseph M. Wilcots on shooting Roots: The Next Generations

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Richard Thomas on appearing in Roots: The Next Generations

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Charles S. Dubin on directing the cast of Roots: The Next Generations, and on dealing with the subject matter

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Reuben Cannon on working with Alex Haley and the producers of Roots: The Next Generations

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Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen on being cast as "Nan" in Roots: The Next Generations

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William Blinn

William Blinn on Roots: The Next Generations

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LeVar Burton

LeVar Burton on the idea for Roots: The Next Generation and his fallout with David Wolper

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Reuben Cannon

Reuben Cannon on going to work for Warner Bros. and casting Roots: The Next Generations

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Reuben Cannon on working with Alex Haley and the producers of Roots: The Next Generations

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Ruby Dee

Ruby Dee on her and husband Ossie Davis' involvement in the development of Roots

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Charles S. Dubin

Charles S. Dubin on directing Roots: The Next Generations, and on working with Henry Fonda on that show

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Charles S. Dubin on directing the cast of Roots: The Next Generations, and on dealing with the subject matter

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Gerald Fried

Gerald Fried on working on Roots: The Next Generations and scoring the theme to different decades

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Ernest Kinoy

Ernest Kinoy on writing Roots: The Next Generations

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Ernest Kinoy on Marlon Brando in Roots: The Next Generations

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Ernest Kinoy on the legacy of Roots and Roots: The Next Generations

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Thad Mumford

Dan Wilcox and Thad Mumford on writing the fifth installment of Roots: The Next Generations

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Esther Shapiro

Esther Shapiro on developing the miniseries Roots: The Next Generation

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Esther Shapiro on her contributions to Roots: The Next Generation

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Brandon Stoddard

Brandon Stoddard on developing Roots: The Next Generations

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Richard Thomas

Richard Thomas on appearing in Roots: The Next Generations

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Joseph M. Wilcots

Joseph M. Wilcots on shooting Roots: The Next Generations

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Joseph M. Wilcots on the "George Lincoln Rockwell" scene in Roots: The Next Generations

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Joseph M. Wilcots on the staging of the assassination of Malcolm X in Roots: The Next Generations

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David L. Wolper

David L. Wolper on executive producing Roots: The Next Generations

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David L. Wolper on executive producing Roots: The Next Generations

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David L. Wolper on Marlon Brando playing "George Lincoln Rockwell" in Roots: The Next Generations

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David L. Wolper on the public reaction to Roots: The Next Generations

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