Mama Flora's Family
| Author | Alex Haley |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Ithaca ILR Press |
Publication date | 1997 |
| Mama Flora's Family | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Mama Flora's Family by Alex Haley David Stevens |
| Teleplay by | David Stevens Carol Schreder |
| Directed by | Peter Werner |
| Starring | Cicely Tyson Blair Underwood Queen Latifah Mario Van Peebles Erika Alexander Tanya Wright David Ramsey Shemar Moore Novella Nelson Lou Myers |
| Music by | J. A. C. Redford |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Lisa Lindstrom Carol Schreder |
| Cinematography | Neil Roach |
| Editor | Tod Feuerman |
| Running time | 60 mins (2 episodes) |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | November 8, 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.