Alex Haley's Queen (DVD)

There are two sides to every story, the saying goes. For Alex Haley, one side was roots, the towering chronicle tracing seven generations of his mother's family. The other side comes to the screen in Alex Haley's Queen, the remarkable history of a paternal side of the author's family. David L. Wolper (Roots, the Thorn Birds) is the executive producer of this acclaimed adaption of the story Haley was working on when he died. Halle Berry plays Queen, daughter of a slave (Jasmine Guy) and a plantation owner (Tim Daly). During the turbulent decades of the antebellum South, the Civil war, Reconstruction and beyond, she searches for a home in the two cultures of her heritage and at times is shunned by both. Rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will, however. Ann-Margret, Danny Glover, and Ossie Davis are among the many stars of this poignant, uplifting final chapter of the Haley legacy. Actors: Ann-Margret, Halle Berry, Tim Daly, Danny Glover, Lonette McKee Language: English Special Features: Full frame format.

Starring: Halle Berry, Danny Glover, Ann-Margret, Tim Daly, Jasmine Guy, Ossie Davis, Martin Sheen, Paul Winfield, Sada Thompson, Madge Sinclair, Lonette McKee, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Raven Symone, Victor Garber, George Grizzard, Darryl Mitchell, Richard Poe, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Elizabeth Wilson, Patty Mack, Walt Goggins, Chris Blackwelder, Robert C. Treveiler, Tim Ware, Rus Blackwell, Lonnie Smith, Bob Banks, Ted Manson, Michael Mattison, Tony Higgins, Robb Morris, Dean Whitworth, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Carol Mitchell-leon, Bill Erwin, Stuart Culpepper, Nate Bynum, C. K. Bibby, Brian Beegle, Beth Dixon, Ronreaco M. Lee, Mary Holloway, Sue Ann Gilfillan

Director: Bret Wood, Felicia Feaster, Mark Wolper, Tommy Gibbons

Rating: UNR