DVD
Queen
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Ann-Margret, Halle Berry, Dan Biggers, Patricia Clarkson, Tim Daly, Ossie Davis, Victor Garber, Danny Glover, Tim Guinee, Jasmine Guy, Jane Krakowski, Patrick Malone, Martin Sheen, Madge Sinclair, Paul Winfield.
Publication Information
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, [2008]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (283 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
The remarkable history of Alex Haley's paternal side. Queen is the daughter of a slave and a plantation owner. During the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and beyond, she searches for a home in the two cultures and at times is shunned by both, but rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the story by Alex Haley.
Originally broadcast on CBS television in 1993.
Subjects
- Racially mixed people > Drama.
- Identity (Psychology) > Drama.
- African Americans in motion pictures.
- Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Drama.
- Television mini-series.
- Biographical films.
- Historical films.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Drama.
- Haley, Alex > Drama.
- Haley family > Drama.