The seventh highest rated mini-series ever comes to TV One in this continuation of the monumental hit, Roots.
Roots: The Next Generations dramatizes Alex Haley's family history from the time of the Civil War to the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's genealogical search for his roots in the 1960s, which led him to Africa.
Winner of two Emmy Awards, including "Outstanding Miniseries" this David Wolper (The Thorn Birds, North and South trilogy) production features an all-star cast, including James Earl Jones and Christoff St. John as a young Haley.
Also starring are Debbie Allen, Ja'Net DuBois (Willona of Good Times), Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, Dihann Carroll, Marlon Brando and Henry Fonda, The Next Generations brings a whole new cast of characters the continuation of Haley's epic saga.
