Alex Haley's Queen(TV show/series, 1993)

Name: Alex Haley's Queen
Genre: Drama
Released: 1993
Rating: 3.6

1h per episode | Genre: Drama

Mini series in 1 season with 3 episodes

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Alex Haley's Queen (also known as Queen) is a 1993 American television miniseries that aired in three installments on February 14, 16, and 18 on CBS. The miniseries is an adaptation of the 1993 novel Queen: The Story of an American Family, by Alex Haley and David Stevens. The novel is based on the life of Queen Jackson Haley, Haley's paternal grandmother. Alex Haley died in February 1992 before completing the novel. It was later finished by David Stevens and published in 1993. Stevens also wrote the screenplay for the miniseries. Alex Haley's Queen was directed by John Erman, and stars Halle Berry in the title role. It tells the life story of a young woman and it shows the problems which biracial slaves and former slaves faced in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries. Throughout her life, Queen struggles to fit into the two cultures of her heritage; and at times, each side shuns her. ()

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About Alex Haley's Queen

Queen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner Tim Daly, which would result in the birth of Queen. Queen's story revolves around her early years as a slave who yearns to know who her father is, and her condition as a fair skin mixed race woman who spends her life trying to figure out where exactly she fits in.

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Trailer for Alex Haley's Queen + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Alex Haley's Queen - 1993 CBS Television Promo(Trailer, 0:31)

Alex Haley's Queen Seasons and Episodes

02/14/1993Miniseries - 3 episodes

#1 | 02/14/1993Episode 1

The first episode develops the relationship between James Jackson III, a rich plantation owner's son and Easter, a slave. James marries a wealthy Southern lady, but he carries on with a lifelong affair with Easter, which will result in the birth of a girl, Queen. Queen's fair skin makes her soon notice that she is not as black as her fellow slaves. She is taken into the main plantation house to be the personal slave of James' daughter, where she spends her youth years trying to discern if Jackson is her real father. The Civil War seriously affects James' plantation putting an end to the old ways and the family matriarch tells Queen to find some other place to live.

#2 | 02/21/1993Episode 2

Queen journeys away from the plantation and discovers the delight of passing for white. However, when she is about to marry an ex Confederate soldier named Digby, she reveals her real roots and therefore faces his extreme anger. Abused and alone, Queen is forced into exile once more. Eventually, she gets employment at the home of two spinters and starts a relationship with a black hired hand by the the name Davis, shortly afterwards becoming pregnant of his child. Abandoned by the father and abused by the ladies, Queen escapes the relative comforts of her employers' home, taking her child with her.

#3 | 02/28/1993Episode 3

Reunited with Davis, the father of his son, Queen finds love but also hate as the man is lynched. Taking the road once more, Queen finds a new job and meets Alec Haley, who will become his husband and the father of her second son, Simon. Though Queen never finds an answer to her quest for belonging, she is at least moderately at peace with the place in which she finds herself. A household fire seems to be the triggering event that together with her sons' departure, causes Queen's nervous breakdown. She has serious issues seeing her first son Abner depart, and her mental state goes worse to the point that she needs to be institutionalized.

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Based on: "Queen: The Story of an American Family" (find it on Amazon)

Made by: Warner Bros. Television, Wolper Organization, Elliot Friedgen & Company

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 4 languages: Bulgarian (BG), English (EN), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT)

Status: Ended

First episode released on: 02/14/1993

Last episode released on: 02/28/1993

Cast: Halle Berry

Director: John Erman

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"A História de uma Família Americana"

"Queen"

Keywords: miniseries, period drama, plantation, civil war, 19th century, family relationships, based on novel or book, slavery, slave, victorian era, romance, social injustice

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