On the Murray plantation in North Carolina, Matilda (Erica Tazel) sees her son Tom (Sedale Threatt Jr.) off as he heads out on errands. He reveals that George’s wife and children were sold off to a North Carolina plantation, which sends George into a rage. Lea launches into an angry, self-pitying, sentimental rant. He initially fires a shot at George, until he manages to convince Lea that he is his son. Lea is now a broken, paranoid old man, sitting among rats and stray chickens. He’s astonished to learn that Master Lea (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) is still alive, and he goes to the big house to confront him. George (Regé-Jean Page) breaks down upon learning that Kizzy died of an illness that started with a pain in her side. Miss Malizy takes him to Kizzy’s grave site, marked only by a small slab of stone with a “k” scratched into it. She is unable to tell him where his family has gone but offers, “I know where your mom is.” Miss Malizy (Carol Sutton), an elder slave who had always been by Kizzy’s side, sits in a daze on the plantation grounds. He returns to Tom Lea’s farm to find it abandoned and in ruins. “Part Four” opens 20 years after Chicken George’s departure to England.
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