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Summary:
- "'QUEEN, ' the three part, six hour mini-series ... chronicles the remarkable story of Alex Haley's mixed-race grandmother. In telling the story of her origins and life, the mini-series revealed the struggles and injustices experienced by slave women and the wives of plantation owners."--1993 Peabody Award entry form excerpt. Queen is Haley's paternal grandmother, the daughter of James Jackson, Jr., a white plantation owner and Easter, a slave on the Jackson plantation. The story begins with Haley's great, great grandfather, James Jackson, Sr. and dramatizes the story of Queen, from her childhood through the years of her own sons' teenage lives.
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Language Notes:
- Closed-captioned.
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Performers:
- [Starring:] Ann-Margret (Sally Jackson), Jasmine Guy (Easter), Tim Daly (James Jackson, Jr.), Danny Glover (Alec Haley), Madge Sinclair (Dora), Martin Sheen (James Jackson, Sr.), Paul Winfield (Cap'n Jack), Ossie Davis (Parson Dick), Raven-Symone (young Queen), Halle Berry (Queen).
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Production Credits:
- Music by Michael Small; film editors, Paul LaMastra, James Galloway; director of photography, Tony Imi; production sound mixer, Robert J. Anderson, Jr.
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General Notes:
- Entry to the 1993 Peabody Awards, Entertainment category.
According to the 1993 Peabody Awards entry form, this program was originally broadcast in three parts on CBS on February 14, 16, and 18, 1993.
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Physical Description:
- 3 videocassettes (283 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
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Physical Characteristics:
- polyester; 1/2 in.; polychrome
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Audio Characteristics:
- analog; magnetic; mono
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Video Characteristics:
- VHS; NTSC
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Call Numbers:
- MV 10299
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ISBNs:
- 0790728893
9780790728896
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Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 085391269731
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OCLC Numbers:
- 1053001108
46609929 [Invalid]
