Movie Description:
There are two sides to every story, the saying goes. For Alex Haley, one side was ROOTS,the towering chronicle tracingseven generations of hismother`s family. The other sidecomes to the screen in ALEX HALEY`S QUEEN, the remarkable history of the paternal side ofthe author`s family. Queen isthe daughter of a slave and a plantationowner. During the yearsof the antebellum South, the Civil War, Reconstruction and beyond, she searchesfor a home in the two cultures of her heritage-and at times is shunned by both. But rejection and hate are no match for her unconquerable will.