Roots, the next generations

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Label

Roots, the next generations

Statement of responsibility

executive producer, David L. Wolper ; producer, Stan Margolis ; developed for television by Ernest Kinoy ; a David L. Wolper production ; Warner Bros. Television

Creator

• Roots: the next generations

Contributor

• Harewood, Dorian,
• Holliday, Kene,
• Haley, Alex
• Johnson, Rafer, 1935-
• trueHaley, Alex
• Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012,
• Jones, James Earl,
• Grier, Rosey,
• Grier, Pam, 1949-
• Kinoy, Ernest,
• Glass, Sydney A.,
• Koslo, Paul, 1944-
• Gaillard, Slim,
• Long, Avon,
• Freeman, Al, Jr., 1934-2012,
• Margulies, Stan,
• McGreevey, John,
• Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982,
• McNeil, Claudia,
• Fell, Norman, 1924-1998,
• McRae, Carmen,
• Evans, Damon,
• Merrill, Dina,
• Erman, John, 1935-
• Moody, Lynne, 1950-
• Dubin, Charles,
• Morgan, Harry, 1915-2011,
• Dee, Ruby,
• Morris, Greg,
• De Havilland, Olivia,
• Daly, James, 1918-1978,
• Mosley, Roger E., 1944-
• Mumford, Thad,
• Culp, Robert, 1930-2010,
• Constantine, Michael,
• O'Loughlin, Gerald S.,
• Richards, Beah E.,
• Chamberlin, Lee,
• Richards, Lloyd, 1919-2006,
• Casey, Bernie,
• Rodriguez, Percy,
• Carroll, Diahann,
• Rubinstein, John, 1946-
• Cara, Irene, 1959-
• Shaw, Stan, 1952-
• Brown, Georg Stanford,
• Broderick, James,
• Singer, Marc, 1948-
• Brando, Marlon,
• Thomas, Richard, 1951-
• Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981,
• Barrie, Barbara,
• Allen, Debbie, 1950-
• Wilcox, Daniel,
• Wolper Productions
• Williams, Hal, 1938-
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Winfield, Paul,
• Wolper, David L.,
• Warner Bros. Television

Actor

• Grier, Pam, 1949-
• Grier, Rosey,
• Brown, Georg Stanford,
• Cara, Irene, 1959-
• Rubinstein, John, 1946-
• Rodriguez, Percy,
• Carroll, Diahann,
• Casey, Bernie,
• Chamberlin, Lee,
• Richards, Beah E.,
• O'Loughlin, Gerald S.,
• Constantine, Michael,
• Culp, Robert, 1930-2010,
• Daly, James, 1918-1978,
• Mosley, Roger E., 1944-
• De Havilland, Olivia,
• Morris, Greg,
• Dee, Ruby,
• Morgan, Harry, 1915-2011,
• Moody, Lynne, 1950-
• Merrill, Dina,
• Evans, Damon,
• McRae, Carmen,
• McNeil, Claudia,
• Fell, Norman, 1924-1998,
• Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982,
• Freeman, Al, Jr., 1934-2012,
• Long, Avon,
• Gaillard, Slim,
• Koslo, Paul, 1944-
• Jones, James Earl,
• Griffith, Andy, 1926-2012,
• Johnson, Rafer, 1935-
• Holliday, Kene,
• Harewood, Dorian,
• Winfield, Paul,
• Williams, Hal, 1938-
• Allen, Debbie, 1950-
• Voskovec, Jiří, 1905-1981,
• Barrie, Barbara,
• Thomas, Richard, 1951-
• Brando, Marlon,
• Broderick, James,
• Singer, Marc, 1948-
• Shaw, Stan, 1952-

Director

• Richards, Lloyd, 1919-2006,
• Erman, John, 1935-
• Dubin, Charles,
• Brown, Georg Stanford,

Producer

• Kinoy, Ernest,
• Margulies, Stan,
• Wolper, David L.,

Screenwriter

• Kinoy, Ernest,
• McGreevey, John,
• Wilcox, Daniel,
• Mumford, Thad,
• Glass, Sydney A.,

Subject

• Biographical television programs
• Haley family -- Drama
• Haley (Familia) -- Teatro
• Haley, Alex -- Drama
• Familia -- Estados Unidos -- Teatro
• Haley, Alex -- Family -- Drama
• Haley, Alex -- Television adaptations
• African Americans -- Drama
• Kinte family -- Drama
• Television adaptations
• Television melodramas
• Television mini-series
• Television programs for the hearing impaired
• African American families -- Drama
• Historical television programs

Genre

• trueDrama
• Biographical television programs
• Historical television programs
• Teatro
• Television adaptations
• Television melodramas
• Television mini-series
• Television programs for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Follows the Haley family from the post-Civil War era until the more contemporary but still turbulent time of the 1960s and '70s, when Alex himself begins his research into the discovery of his roots

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music, Gerald Fried

Date time place

DVD release of episodes originally broadcast as a television mini-series in 1979

Dewey number

791.45/75

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Language note

In English, with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish. Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1992.77

LC item number

.R6687 2007

PerformerNote

Debbie Allen, Barbara Barrie, Marlon Brando, James Broderick, Georg Stanford Brown, Irene Cara, Diahann Carroll, Bernie Casey, Lee Chamberlin, Michael Constantine, Robert Culp, James Daly, Olivia de Havilland, Ruby Dee, Damon Evans, Norman Fell, Henry Fonda, Al Freeman Jr., Slim Gaillard, Pam Grier, Rosey Grier, Andy Griffith, Dorian Harewood, Kene Holliday, Rafer Johnson, James Earl Jones, Paul Koslo, Avon Long, Claudia McNeil, Carmen McRae, Dina Merrill, Lynne Moody, Harry Morgan, Greg Morris, Roger E. Mosley, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Beah Richards, Percy Rodrigues, John Rubinstein, Stan Shaw, Marc Singer, Richard Thomas, George Voskovec, Hal Williams, Paul Winfield

Runtime

688

Technique

live action