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Alex Haley's Queen

19931h 0m / epDrama

First aired

February 14, 1993

7.0

TMDB Score

70% match · 23 votes

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S01 · E02

Episode 2

Miniseries · Feb 21, 1993 · 1h 31m

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Episode 1

Feb 14, 1993 · 1h 35m

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Episode 2

Feb 21, 1993 · 1h 31m

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Episode 3

Feb 28, 1993 · 1h 36m

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.

About the Series

Drama

Synopsis

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.

CreatorAlex Haley