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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.
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 ...
[6] [7] New Zealand state broadcaster TVNZ aired the first episode on TV One on Sunday, July 3 at 8:30 p.m. (New Zealand Standard Time), and screened the remaining 3 episodes on the following 3 Sundays (July 10, 17, and 24th). [8] In Australia, SBS aired the episodes on July 27 and 28, August 3 and 4, 2016. [9]
According to the book Roots, Kunta Kinte was born circa 1750 in the Mandinka village of Jufureh, in the Gambia. He was raised in a Muslim family. [4] [5] In 1767, while Kunta was searching for wood to make a drum for himself, four men chased him, surrounded him, and took him captive. Kunta awoke to find himself blindfolded, gagged, bound, and a ...
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 ...
Aricles relating to the television miniseries Roots and its spin-offs. It is based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of slavery in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights.