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Roots producer has big task By BRUCE SMITH Associated Press Writer CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) ? Producer Mark Wolper knows he has a heavy responsiblity as he films Queen, a successor to the phenomenally successful television miniseries Roots . Roots was watched by an estimated 130 million people and inspired a generation to search for their ancestors. So Queen, the last installment of the late Alex Haley's family saga, must be more than just another miniseries, Wolper said. "It puts a lot of weight on our shoulders. '-It is very important for us to do this for Alex Haley and to do this right," he said. "This story is the completion. It is the coming full circle of the Alex Haley family." Crews began three months of filming on Queen, in Charleston this week. The six-hour miniseries will be aired on CBS next season. Roots chronicled the history of the mother's side of Haley's family. Queen focuses on the life of his paternal grandmother, the half-white, half-black slave Queen. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Haley died of a heart attack in February at age 70. The book on which Queen is based has not yet been published. Halle Berry plays the title roleTDanny Glover, Martin Sheen, Ann Margaret, and Ossie Davis also will appear. Wolper knows the new production will be com pared to Roots . "But it is a completely different story from the same man's life that is either going to stand on its own or not based on the drama in it," he said. His father, David L. Wolper, co-produced both the 12-hour Roots which aired in 1977 and a 14-hour sequel broadcast two years later. He is executive producer on Queen along with Bernard Sofronski. The younger Wolper admits some recent miniseries haven't met with much success. "It is difficult to find the proper material for some thing as expansive as a miniseries. It needs to be a multi-generational drama of epic proportions/ he said. "Certainly following Alex Haley's family back more than fulfills that obligation," he said. All the filming on Queen will be done in South Carolina although scenes will depict action in a half dozen Southern cities. The three-month shooting schedule is "a little longer than most miniseries. But we're trying to make it better than most miniseries," Wolper said. Wolper produced "North and South," another Civil War era epic that was filmed in Charleston seven years ago. He said that had a lot to do with the decision to return to the city. "It was a combination of the locations and my knowledge of how helpful this community is in term of filming," he said. Some people jdid object to North and South as sand was poured on the streets of the Battery to recreate 1860s Charleston. Some residents stuck yellow bumper stickers on their cars and fences reading Enough! Wolper doesn't expect any problems this time. Many interior scenes will be filmed on sets built in a vacant warehouse. The schedule also calls for shooting exterior scenes at Boone Hall Plantation, Middleton Place Plantation and in several business areas. Tbey aae apPtoval Fet?foS> ? ?*??%&>$ to Be<^es? vntbamortgd ^ a ve^ l^^ae just ?ot ^edaboifte1^' was ^eite.?J?^ they 1 f^r?^0ntdIe'?S ?me g? l? *ke your dreai1 ^oivt r e iVO^e belike s ? uS. I wtvy we theV beUeve u \ because they Qedriw1? ^ ? Boo"* Kross-inspired style PALLAS (AF) ? Wearing a baseball cap backwards is only the start of the new teen fad of Kix?$-dressing. The rap duo Kris Kross per fected the total look by patting everything on backwards. The rap group Another B^d Creation is known for so<aHed v " men pal d ressing / wearing clothing inside out with labels The going-wben-your-com ing look of Kris Kross is raisin g the eyebrows of some teachers. Franklin Middle School Principal Glenda Lassiter said she has seen only one Kross dressed student at her Dallas school but didn't recognize him on the fashion vanguard. "I advised him I felt he was distinctive/ Lassiter said* "I and tags in full view. But Kris Kross members Kris Smith and Kris Kelly, both 13, wear their clothe* back-to front on the cover of the album Totally Krossed Outr % They've popularised *Kn>ss-dressing* with thevideo for their hit sc mg Jttmp and in appearances on In Living Color and Arsenio Halt. | Young people are fust try ing to get noticed,* said J as* mond Anderson, a Lincoln Hi#* School junior spotted wearing his overalls backside-front "Style* Pad/ says Jtl t Edward Miller, a junior At f&H coin. "Just I&e bell bottoms**- 1 thought he was just doing it to ? f besilly.He'sacutup." Yale Elementary School in suburban Richardson had a recent rumbling of reverse* dressing among fourth-graders, ? principal John Phillips said. 4 = ''The teachers nipped It In. i ; the bud/ he said. Illll Lincoln mathematics jeach ? erBeitfck Hopkins doestft per mit the style in his classropm but said its OK outside the . ' 7. ' -/Here, it's fcecau*e -w&tt draining them to go into t&jlM world/ Hopkins said/*l try to make them look at this as a workplace/ I BAD or NO CREDIT? (Even Bankruptcy?) VISA If you can antww yn to the following quest tone, chancee ara youll qualify lor a VISA card with a $000 eradlt Una eponeored by National Family Borvloea Aaaoclatton. ? Ara you 1t yaara old or oldar? ? Do you hava a groaa monthly Incoma of $1200 (or $270 par week) or mora? ? Do you (applleant or co-applicant) hava a c hacking account In your nama? ? Do */ou hava a phono In your homa and a atraat addraaa (not a P.O. Box)? ? If you've fllad bankruptcy, has N baan dtecharged? 95% OF OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN APPROVED! NO PROCESSING FEES DoM Jiopmrdtn Your Futun By Lack 01 Cm* Nama: Address: City, Slate, Zip: (Res.) (Bus.) ^ 671 -VISA 3200 SUM CfMk Pkwy / ComwotMa* \ - 9uK? A-7 llMMCmkiwrt) MC *7101 \ to Pictured are (seated front) Alderman Nelson Malloy, (front row, l-r) Rev. Carlton Euersley, Rev. John Mendez, Larry Little, Earline Parmon, Virginia Newell; (back row, l-r) Larry Womble, Waren Oldham, Walter Marshall, John Holleman, Rev. James Fulwood This country has seen the effects of "BUSHONOMICS": increasing numbers of people TURNED OUT of their homes and jobs, TURNED ON to drugs, TURNED INTO victims of violent crime, TURNED AWAY FROM health care they cannot afford, and TURNED OFF by political solutions and politicians who abuse their office and betray the trust of their constituents. We want a man who has proactive solutions for these problems, who knows how to fight for change, and who is not indebted to any special-Interest PAC groups to hinder the fight. That man is LARRY LITTLE. LET S SEND A FIGHTER TO CONGRESS!!" DENISE ADAMS NANCY ALLEN WILLIAM H. ANDREWS GWENDOLYN ANDREWS ROGER BANNER DEBRA BARKLEY DR. LORENZO BATTLE GLORIA S. BLACK WILLIS BLACK QUEEN BLACK J.T. BREWTON W. CURTIS BROWN VERONICA BITTING CLARK S. BROWN SR. BERTHA BLACKWELL GAIL BURNETTE ESSIS S. BROWN DORIS BINES DR. JAMES D. BRANCH SOPHRONIA CATHCART JOHN H. CAESAR GEORGE CRAWFORD DANNY CATHCART MICHAEL COVINGTON JIM CONRAD PROFESSOR LUELLEN CURRY GWENDOLYN COLBERT THOMAS COAXUM LINDA COAXUM TERESA DULIN DR. JERRY DRAYTON DORIS DAVIS LESTER DAVIS JAMES E. DEW REV CARLTON A G EVER S LEY MARY ELD RIDGE WILLIAM F. FULTON NAOMI FULLER ANITA FORD ACHIE FLETCHER CHARLES FORD REV WIIUAM S. FAILS REV JAMES FULWOOD JR. HATTTE E. FULWOOD HELEN GREEN ROBERT GRIER C.E. "BIG HOUSE" GAINES ATTORNEY MICHAEL GRACE JAMES GRACE R.C. GAILLARD LILLIE GAUSE DONALD HARDEE MELTON HARDEE BEATRICE HARDEE KENT HARDEE FAYE HARDEE LAVERNE HARDEE MATT1E HARDEE DENISE M HILL GENEVA C. HILL VELMA HOPKINS ALPHIA HICKS REV DARRYL HAIRSTON THOMAS IN A HOLMES OTIS HAWKINS JOHN HOLLEMAN HAMPTON D. HAITI! JERRY C. HINSON BRENDA H. HILL JAMES P. HILL JR. TRACY INGRAM CHENITA JOHNSON PAUL S. JOHNSON HARRY JAMES NATHANIEL JONES JOCELYN JOHNSON ROBERT JOYCE DR CONSTANCE JOHNSON VICTOR JOHNSON GARLAND M. 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SUBASH SHAH VALERIE SINGLETARY LEVI SINGLETARY ELIZABETH SMITH NORMA T. SMITH LINDA SIMMONS CHARLES SHAW PAUL STANBACK KATIE SHOUSE MR. A MRS. THOMAS P. TROLUNGER MR. A MRS. FREDRICK N. TERRY JACKIE TEAL DR. WILLIAM R TURNER WILLIAM "BILL" TATUM DEBRA THOMAS JU ANITA TATUM GLORIA UPSON KAY VIVAS GENE WILLIAMS DOROTHY WALKER ROSEMARY WHITE JAMES L WASHINGTON JOANNE WHITE WILLIE WRIGHT RICKEY WILSON MARY WADE foAZIE WOODRUFF LEROY WALL JR. MYRTLE L WALL MAYOR MARTHA S. WOOD DR FRANK WOOD SWAIM WOOD ALDERMAN LARRY W. WOMBLE DR. A MRS. JONATHAN WESTON NANCY YOUNG TAMICA YOUNG MAYA ANGELOU VOTE MAY 5th ? PUNCH #23 LARRY LITTLE FOR CONGRESS 12th DISTRICT
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