Mama Flora's Family

Mama Flora's Family
AuthorAlex Haley
PublisherIthaca ILR Press
Publication date
1997
Mama Flora's Family
Based onMama Flora's Family
by Alex Haley
David Stevens
Teleplay byDavid Stevens
Carol Schreder
Directed byPeter Werner
StarringCicely Tyson
Blair Underwood
Queen Latifah
Mario Van Peebles
Erika Alexander
Tanya Wright
David Ramsey
Shemar Moore
Novella Nelson
Lou Myers
Music byJ. A. C. Redford
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersLisa Lindstrom
Carol Schreder
CinematographyNeil Roach
EditorTod Feuerman
Running time60 mins (2 episodes)
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseNovember 8, 1998 (1998-11-08) 
1998 (1998)

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.

In 1998 the book was adapted into a made for TV miniseries of the same name.