![]() ![]() Twenty-five years later, it has lost none of its dramatic and emotional power to make us confront history and examine ourselves. This series continues the story of Alex Haleys family line from the Post American Civil War era to Alex Haleys geneological search to discover his roots. Winner of the Emmy for Best Limited Series, this landmark continuation of a landmark event - with 53 stars and 235 speaking parts - "is in many respects a superior achievement," Newsweek said in comparing this to Roots. ![]() Those remembrances filled a 1,000-page transcript: raw material for Roots: The Next Generations. Could there be a worthy follow-up to the most-watched miniseries ever? "We felt the other did so well," Alex Haley said, "that we should just let it hang there." But Haley began carrying around a tape recorder, dictating more of his family's tales as they came to his memory. ![]()
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