Actor Lynne Moody and singer-songwriter Clifton Davis are interviewed on Eyewitness News to promote Moody's new mini-series, Roots: The Next Generations (1979).

A sequel to the hit 1977 mini-series Roots, which holds the record for the second-most-watched series finale in American television history, the clip shows Moody explaining the show's impact to an Australian audience. Through personal anecdotes that invite viewer intimacy, Moody builds a picture of the story's groundbreaking scope. Moody references stereotypes of Africans in globally popular media, such as Tarzan, and their impact on her self-perception, before delving into the need to be proud of where you come from. Through confidence and universal language, Moody connects the ethos of her American series to an Australian audience, inviting them to reflect on themes of equality, justice and pride.

Based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, the original mini-series chronicled an African family's journey from enslavement to freedom. Roots: The Next Generations, which is based on the last seven chapters of the book, first aired in the USA on ABC in February 1979.