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The fourth book published by Alex Haley, it was the second to be produced for television.

Halle Berry suffered a tailbone injury while riding one of the horses in a filmed scene.

The director John Erman previously directed episodes of both Roots: The Complete Miniseries (1977) and Roots - Die nächsten Generationen (1979).

Madge Sinclair (Dora) previously played Bell Reynolds in Roots: The Complete Miniseries (1977).

Frances Conroy and Richard Jenkins went on to play a married couple on Six Feet Under - Gestorben wird immer (2001).