ROOTS: THE NEXT GENERATIONS MARATHON
Sundance, 11:00 a.m. ET
Last Sunday, Sundance televised the entirety of 1977’s Roots in an all-day miniseries marathon. Today, Sundance pulls a similar programming stunt, by presenting, in its entirety, the sequel to that top-rated Alex Haley drama, 1979’s Roots: The Next Generations. It’s better than the original, actually, and is even more loaded with big-name stars. Among them, as the story nears its conclusion: James Earl Jones as Haley himself, interviewing then-prominent neo-Nazi George Lincoln Rockwell. And Rockwell is played, believe it or not, by Marlon Brando.