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Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations

1979
Drama, War
TV Mini-Series
The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots. (imdb)
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Directed by:

John Erman
John-Erman
37 total credits
John Erman has 37 credits at Criticker, including: Blackboard Jungle, Roots, Stella, Scarlett and An Early Frost
,
Charles S. Dubin
Charles-S-Dubin
21 total credits
Charles S. Dubin has 21 credits at Criticker, including: M*A*S*H, Cinderella, Kojak, Hawaii Five-O and Roots: The Next Generations

Writers:

Sydney A. Glass
Sydney-A-Glass
3 total credits
Sydney A. Glass has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Blue Collar, Roots: The Next Generations, Part IV (1918-1921) and Detour to Terror
,
Alex Haley
Alex-Haley
9 total credits
Alex Haley has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X

Starring:

Olivia de Havilland
Olivia-de-Havilland
59 total credits
Olivia de Havilland has 59 credits at Criticker, including: Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Heiress, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte and Captain Blood
,
James Earl Jones
James-Earl-Jones
122 total credits
James Earl Jones was born in 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA. At an early age he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred in many films over a 40-year period, beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Probably best known for his role as Darth Vader (for the voice only) (imdb)
,
Ruby Dee
Ruby-Dee
63 total credits
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)
,
Beah Richards
Beah-Richards
23 total credits
Beah Richards has 23 credits at Criticker, including: In the Heat of the Night, Drugstore Cowboy, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Miracle Worker and Beloved
,
Dorian Harewood
Dorian-Harewood
38 total credits
Dorian Harewood has 38 credits at Criticker, including: Full Metal Jacket, Gothika, Sudden Death, 12 Angry Men and The Falcon and the Snowman
,
Telma Hopkins
Telma-Hopkins
20 total credits
Telma Hopkins has 20 credits at Criticker, including: Trancers, Family Matters, Trancers II, Rain and Trancers III
,
Stan Shaw
Stan-Shaw
34 total credits
Stan Shaw has 34 credits at Criticker, including: Rocky, Snake Eyes, Fried Green Tomatoes, Daylight and The Monster Squad
,
Henry Fonda
Henry-Fonda
119 total credits
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins. He made his Hollywood debut in 1935, and his career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl. Throughout six decades in Hollywood...(Wikipedia)
,
Irene Cara
Irene-Cara
14 total credits
Irene Cara has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Fame, City Heat, D.C. Cab, Happily Ever After and Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
,
Paul Koslo
Paul-Koslo
26 total credits
Paul Koslo has 26 credits at Criticker, including: The Omega Man, Vanishing Point, Joe Kidd, Robot Jox and Mr. Majestyk
,
Richard Thomas
Richard-Thomas
59 total credits
Richard Thomas has 59 credits at Criticker, including: It, The Americans, Taking Woodstock, The Unforgivable and All Quiet on the Western Front
,
Marc Singer
Marc-Singer
46 total credits
Marc Singer has 46 credits at Criticker, including: The Beastmaster, V, Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time, V and V: The Final Battle

Franchise:

Roots

Genres:

Drama, War, History

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Roots: The Next Generations

1979
Drama, War
TV Mini-Series
Avg Percentile 53.84% from 20 total ratings

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Roots: The Next Generations - Season 1
Season 1 - The dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots. (imdb)

Cast & Info

Directed by:

John Erman
John-Erman
37 total credits
John Erman has 37 credits at Criticker, including: Blackboard Jungle, Roots, Stella, Scarlett and An Early Frost
,
Charles S. Dubin
Charles-S-Dubin
21 total credits
Charles S. Dubin has 21 credits at Criticker, including: M*A*S*H, Cinderella, Kojak, Hawaii Five-O and Roots: The Next Generations

Writers:

Sydney A. Glass
Sydney-A-Glass
3 total credits
Sydney A. Glass has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Blue Collar, Roots: The Next Generations, Part IV (1918-1921) and Detour to Terror
,
Alex Haley
Alex-Haley
9 total credits
Alex Haley has 9 credits at Criticker, including: Malcolm X, Roots, Roots, Roots: The Next Generations and Malcolm X

Starring:

Olivia de Havilland
Olivia-de-Havilland
59 total credits
Olivia de Havilland has 59 credits at Criticker, including: Gone with the Wind, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Heiress, Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte and Captain Blood
,
James Earl Jones
James-Earl-Jones
122 total credits
James Earl Jones was born in 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi, USA. At an early age he started to take dramatic lessons to calm himself down. It appeared to work as he has since starred in many films over a 40-year period, beginning with the Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. Probably best known for his role as Darth Vader (for the voice only) (imdb)
,
Ruby Dee
Ruby-Dee
63 total credits
Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American actress, poet, playwright, screenwriter, journalist, and activist. She is perhaps best known for co-starring in the film A Raisin in the Sun (1961) and the film American Gangster (2007) for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won a Grammy, Emmy, Obie, Drama Desk, SAG and SAG Lifetime Achievement Award and the National Medal of Arts, among others awards...(wikipedia)
,
Beah Richards
Beah-Richards
23 total credits
Beah Richards has 23 credits at Criticker, including: In the Heat of the Night, Drugstore Cowboy, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Miracle Worker and Beloved
,
Dorian Harewood
Dorian-Harewood
38 total credits
Dorian Harewood has 38 credits at Criticker, including: Full Metal Jacket, Gothika, Sudden Death, 12 Angry Men and The Falcon and the Snowman
,
Telma Hopkins
Telma-Hopkins
20 total credits
Telma Hopkins has 20 credits at Criticker, including: Trancers, Family Matters, Trancers II, Rain and Trancers III
,
Stan Shaw
Stan-Shaw
34 total credits
Stan Shaw has 34 credits at Criticker, including: Rocky, Snake Eyes, Fried Green Tomatoes, Daylight and The Monster Squad
,
Henry Fonda
Henry-Fonda
119 total credits
Henry Jaynes Fonda was an American film and stage actor. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor. He also appeared in 1938 in plays performed in White Plains, New York, with Joan Tompkins. He made his Hollywood debut in 1935, and his career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance as Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, a 1940 adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl. Throughout six decades in Hollywood...(Wikipedia)
,
Irene Cara
Irene-Cara
14 total credits
Irene Cara has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Fame, City Heat, D.C. Cab, Happily Ever After and Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones
,
Paul Koslo
Paul-Koslo
26 total credits
Paul Koslo has 26 credits at Criticker, including: The Omega Man, Vanishing Point, Joe Kidd, Robot Jox and Mr. Majestyk
,
Richard Thomas
Richard-Thomas
59 total credits
Richard Thomas has 59 credits at Criticker, including: It, The Americans, Taking Woodstock, The Unforgivable and All Quiet on the Western Front
,
Marc Singer
Marc-Singer
46 total credits
Marc Singer has 46 credits at Criticker, including: The Beastmaster, V, Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time, V and V: The Final Battle

Franchise:

Roots

Genres:

Drama, War, History

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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