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Mama Flora's Family is a 1997 historical fiction novel by Alex Haley and David Stevens. The story spans from the 1920s to the 1970s as it follows Flora, a daughter of poor black Mississippi sharecroppers, and her descendants. Haley died before completing the novel, with Stevens finishing the story line.
Original Release
11/08/1988 on CBS
US Release
11/08/1988
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hill Harper | Don |
Cicely Tyson | Mama Flora |
Tonea Stewart | Bessie |
Mario Van Peebles | Luke |
DJ Qualls | Jason |
Shashawnee Hall | Ab |
Terrence Howard | Lincoln |
Blair Underwood | Willie |
Erika Alexander | Young Flora |
Don Henderson Baker | Clerk (1955) |
# | Title | Air Date |
---|---|---|
1 | Episode #1.1 | |
2 | Episode #1.2 |
Directors
Writers
David Stevens, Alex Haley, Carol Schreder
Cast
Name | Character |
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Hill Harper | Don |
Cicely Tyson | Mama Flora |
Tonea Stewart | Bessie |
Mario Van Peebles | Luke |
DJ Qualls | Jason |
Shashawnee Hall | Ab |
Terrence Howard | Lincoln |
Blair Underwood | Willie |
Erika Alexander | Young Flora |
Don Henderson Baker | Clerk (1955) |
Mert Hatfield | Sheriff |
Queen Latifah | Diana |
Thomas Jefferson Byrd | Flora's Pa |
Edith Ivey | Mrs. Hopkins (Older Woman) |
Tommy Hollis | Reverend Jackson |
Leland L. Jones | Deacon Sanford |
Crystal Fox | Ruthana |
Eliott Keener | Medicine Man |
Tom Even | Judge Bennett |
Libby Whittemore | Nurse |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Jon Avnet | Executive Producer |
David Stevens | Executive Producer |
Jordan Kerner | Executive Producer |
Terence A. Donnelly | Producer |
Lisa Lindstrom | Producer |
Carol Schreder | Producer |