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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.
[3] [4] A sequel, Roots: The Next Generations, first aired in 1979, and a second sequel, Roots: The Gift, a Christmas television film, starring LeVar Burton and Louis Gossett Jr., first aired in 1988. A related film, Alex Haley's Queen, is based on the life of Queen Jackson Haley, who was Alex Haley's paternal grandmother.
Emmalyn Paulette Moody [citation needed] (born February 17, 1945), [note 1] known professionally as Lynne Moody, is an American film and television actress.Beginning her career in the early 1970s, Moody is best known her roles as Tracy Curtis–Taylor in the ABC television sitcom That's My Mama (1974–1975), Irene Harvey in Roots (1977), Roots: The Next Generations (1979), [6] and Patricia ...
Episode 1 was directed by Phillip Noyce, episode 2 by Mario Van Peebles, episode 3 by Thomas Carter, and episode 4 by Bruce Beresford. In February 2016, a trailer was released [4] and Paul Buccieri, president of A&E and The History Channels, announced that the four night, eight-hour event series would premiere on Memorial Day.
The season, which spanned from October 2019 to January 2021, explored the ancestry stories of Jon Batiste, Sterling K. Brown, RuPaul, Jeff Goldblum, Terry Gross, Anjelica Huston, Gayle King, Justina Machado, Marc Maron, Melissa McCarthy, Queen Latifah, Jordan Peele, Nancy Pelosi, Zac Posen, Issa Rae, Isabella Rossellini, Amy Ryan, Eric ...
11 episodes [21] 1976 Happy Days: Booker Brown Episode: "Football Frolics" 1977 Wonder Woman: Linc Episode: "The Bushwhackers", (as Christoff St. John) The San Pedro Beach Bums: Ralphie [22] 1979 The Champ: Sonny [6] Roots: The Next Generations: Young Alex Haley: 26 episodes, (as Christoff St. John) 1979–1980 The Bad News Bears: Ahmad Abdul Rahim
Episodes: "J.J.'s Fiancée: Part 1 " and "J.J.'s Fiancée: Part 2" 1977 3 Girls 3: Herself 4 episodes 1977 The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened: Julie Sutton Television film 1979 Roots: The Next Generations: Nan Branch Haley Episode: "Part VI (1939–1950)" 1979 Ebony, Ivory & Jade: Claire 'Ebony' Bryant Television film 1982 Alice at the ...
Season 1, episode 4: "Deadly Convoy" Dallas: Al Parker Season 2, episode 13: "Kidnapped" 1979 How the West Was Won: Jobe Season 3, episode 3: "The Enemy" Roots: The Next Generations: Earl Crowther 4 episodes CHiPs: Verne Season 2, episode 22: "Ride the Whirlwind" The Sacketts: Kid Newton 2 episodes 1980 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ...