Subject(s): Marlon Brando and James Earl Jones Format: 8 x 10 Color Photograph with caption attached to reverse side. Origin: Authentic ABC-TV photo provided to media outlets for promotional purposes Release Date: 1979 Condition: Like New Comments: Roots: The Next Generations is a 1979 television miniseries that continues the fictional story of the family of Alex Haley from the 1880s, and their life in Henning, Tennessee, to the 1960s. This sequel to the 1977 miniseries is based on the last seven chapters of Haley's fictional novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family and additional material by him.