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Roots: The Next Generations

1979 · Released · United States · English

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.

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Also known as

Deutsch
Roots – Die nächsten Generationen
Français
Racines 2 : Les Nouvelles Générations
Italiano
Radici - Le nuove generazioni
日本語
ルーツ2
Polski
Korzenie: Następne pokolenia

Who made it

Director: John Erman
Creator: Alex Haley
Writer: Ernest Kinoy

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