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ABC NOVEL FOR TELEVISION: ROOTS: THE NEXT GENERATIONS, EPISODE ONE (TV)
Summary
The first episode of this special series tracing the history of one black family through the generations. In this episode, beginning in April 1882, the following events occur: James Warner, son of an influential white colonel, becomes fond of a black woman, and black and white politicians debate the possible disenfranchisement of black voters. Other highlights include the following: the death of Chicken George Moore, an ex-slave and ancestor of author Alex Haley; the secret marriage of Warner and the black teacher Carrie; and the repudiation of Warner by his father the colonel. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 18, 1979 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:57:03
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T79:0161
- GENRE: Drama, historical
- SUBJECT HEADING: African-American Collection - Drama; Drama, historical; Families; Literature - Adaptations; Racism - Drama
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1979
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- David L. Wolper … Executive Producer
- Stan Margulies … Producer
- John Erman … Director
- Ernest Kinoy … Developed by, Writer
- Alex Haley … Based on the books by
- Gerald Fried … Music by
- Georg Stanford Brown … Cast, Tom Harvey
- Olivia De Havilland … Cast, Mrs. Warner
- Henry Fonda … Cast, Colonel Frederick Warner
- Paul Koslo … Cast, Earl Crowther
- Avon Long … Cast, Chicken George
- Lynne Moody … Cast, Irene Harvey
- Greg Morris … Cast, Beeman Jones
- Marc Singer … Cast, Andy Warner
- Richard Thomas … Cast, Jim Warner
- Fay Hauser … Cast, Carrie Barden
- Brian Mitchell … Cast, John Dolan
- Debbi Morgan … Cast, Elizabeth Harvey
- Kathleen Doyle … Cast, Lucy
- Ja'net Du Bois … Cast, Sally Harvey
- Lou Frizzel … Cast, Conductor
- Don Keefer … Cast, Hapgood
- Cynthia Sye … Cast, Cynthia
- Royce Wallace … Cast, Minnie
- Wendy Glass … Cast, Patience
- Luise Heath … Cast, Mrs. Jones
- Albert Reed … Cast, J.W. Boyd
- Essex Smith … Cast, Servant
- Ray Hemphill … Cast, Engineer
- Morgan Roberts … Cast, Mourner
- Frances Nealy … Cast, Mourner
- Al "Jocko" Fann … Cast, Boy