Alex Haley's Queen

Alex Haley's Queen

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Release Date

2/14/1993

Runtime

3 eps, 282 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Ended

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A period drama tracing one woman's lifelong search for belonging across the color line and the generations. It's a painful, intimate reckoning with identity, family, and the impossible choices imposed by slavery and prejudice.

Mood

MelancholicBittersweetWistfulBleak

Themes

IdentityFamilyRaceLove

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

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