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.
Georg Stanford Brown
Olivia de Havilland
Henry Fonda
Paul Koslo
Avon Long
Lynne Moody
Greg Morris
Marc Singer
Richard Thomas
Fay Hauser
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Debbi Morgan
Kathleen Doyle
Ja'net DuBois
Slim Gaillard
Harry Morgan
Roger E. Mosley
Stan Shaw
Irene Cara
James Daly
Ossie Davis
Ruby Dee
Dorian Harewood
Kene Holliday
George Voskovec
Hal Williams
Bever-Leigh Banfield
E. Lamont Johnson
Bernie Casey
Pam Grier
Rosey Grier
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Percy Rodriguez
John Rubinstein
Diana Douglas
Jason Wingreen
Maidie Norman
Bruce French
Robert Culp
Dina Merrill
Brock Peters
Beah Richards
Paul Winfield
Lynn Hamilton
Kristoff St. John
Logan Ramsey
Dennis Fimple
Debbie Allen
Damon Evans
Andy Griffith
Diahann Carroll
Rafer Johnson
Carmen McRae
John Hancock
Della Reese
Telma Hopkins
Milt Kogan
Barbara Barrie
Marlon Brando
James Broderick
Lee Chamberlin
Michael Constantine
Norman Fell
Al Freeman Jr.
James Earl Jones
Claudia McNeil
Linda Hopkins
Bobby Short
Jane Rose
Howard Rollins
Johnny Sekka
Kim Fields