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Poster Roots: The Next Generations

Roots: The Next Generations Season 1 Episode 7: Part 7 1979

Watch Tv Show Series Roots: The Next Generations : In the exciting conclusion, it is now 1960 in Henning, Tennessee, 10 years after Alex's wife Nan left him, and Alex attends the funeral for his great Aunt Elizabeth. He has finally succeeded in a writing career by publishing free-lance articles including interviews with Minister Malcolm X of the Nation of Islam and George Lincoln Rockwell, head of the American Nazi Party. Alex lands a contract to ghost-write the autobiography of Malcolm X, although Malcolm is assassinated before the book is published. Alex then realizes that he should write a book about his own family and he obsessively researches his origins, alienating his new girlfriend in the process. After identifying the language of the words passed down to him, he manages to get an advance that will allow him to travel to Gambia, West Africa. Once there, he is taken by boat to the Griot for the Kinte clan. After the Griot retells centuries of history, Alex finally hears the name of Kunta Kinte and the story of the drum that lead to his capture into slavery, marking the end of his search for his family's roots..

Genre: Drama
Air Date: 1979-02-25
Season Number: 1
Episodes Number: 7
Stars: Georg Stanford Brown (Tom Harvey) , Olivia de Havilland (Mrs. Warner) , Henry Fonda (Col. Frederick Warner) , Paul Koslo (Earl Crowther) , Avon Long (Chicken George Moore) , Lynne Moody (Irene Harvey) , Greg Morris (Beeman Jones) , Marc Singer (Andy Warner) , Richard Thomas (Jim Warner) , Fay Hauser (Carrie Barden) , Brian Stokes Mitchell (John Dolan) , Debbi Morgan (Elizabeth Harvey) , Kathleen Doyle (Lucy Damson) , Ja'net DuBois (Sally Harvey) , Slim Gaillard (Sam Wesley) , Harry Morgan (Bob Campbell) , Roger E. Mosley (Lee Garnet) , Stan Shaw (Will Palmer) , Irene Cara (Bertha Palmer Haley) , James Daly (R.S.M. Boyce) , Ossie Davis (Dad Jones) , Ruby Dee (Queen Victoria Haley) , Dorian Harewood (Simon Haley) , Kene Holliday (Detroit) , George Voskovec (Mr. Goldstein) , Hal Williams (Aleck Haley) , Bever-Leigh Banfield (Cynthia Palmer) , E. Lamont Johnson (Frank Warner, age 20) , Bernie Casey (Bubba Haywood) , Pam Grier (Francey) , Rosey Grier (Big Slew Johnson) , Gerald S. O'Loughlin (Capt. Bowker) , Percy Rodriguez (Boyd Moffatt) , John Rubinstein (Lt. Hamilton Ten Eyck) , Diana Douglas (Mrs. Andy Warner) , Jason Wingreen (Judge Quartermain) , Maidie Norman (Sister Scrap Scott) , Bruce French (Calloway) , Robert Culp (Lyle Pettijohn) , Dina Merrill (Mrs. Hickinger) , Brock Peters (Ab Decker) , Beah Richards (Cynthia Palmer) , Paul Winfield (Dr. Horace Huguley) , Lynn Hamilton (Cousin Georgia Anderson) , Kristoff St. John (Alex Haley, age 12) , Logan Ramsey (D.L. Lewis) , Dennis Fimple (Sheriff Duffy) , Debbie Allen (Nan Branch Haley) , Damon Evans (Alex Haley, ages 17-25) , Andy Griffith (Cmdr. Robert Munroe) , Diahann Carroll (Zeona Haley) , Rafer Johnson (Nelson) , Carmen McRae (Lila) , John Hancock (Scotty) , Della Reese (Mrs. Lydia Branch) , Telma Hopkins (Daisy) , Milt Kogan (Mel Klein) , Barbara Barrie (Dodie Brattle) , Marlon Brando (George Lincoln Rockwell) , James Broderick (Dr. Lewis) , Lee Chamberlin (Odile Richards) , Michael Constantine (Dr. Vansina) , Norman Fell (Bernie Raymond) , Al Freeman Jr. (Malcolm X) , James Earl Jones (Alex Haley) , Claudia McNeil (Sister Will Ada) , Linda Hopkins (Singer) , Bobby Short (Pianist) , Jane Rose (Mrs. Bullfinch) , Howard Rollins (George Haley) , Johnny Sekka (Ebou Manga) , Kim Fields (Lydia Haley)

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