Queen Sugar
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Original title | Queen Sugar |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Year (s) | since 2016 |
Production company |
Warner Horizon Television, Harpo Films, Forward Movement |
length | approx. 42 minutes |
Episodes | 55+ in 4+ seasons |
genre | drama |
Theme music | Nova by Meshell Ndegeocello |
First broadcast | September 6, 2016 on Oprah Winfrey Network |
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Queen Sugar is an American television series . By Ava DuVernay conceived and Oprah Winfrey co-produced series in the US since September 6, 2016 the transmitter Oprah Winfrey Network to see, based on the novel by Natalie Baszile . Even before it was first broadcast, the series was extended by a second season. Four seasons have now been broadcast; a fifth is being planned.
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The series follows the lives of three siblings from rural Louisiana : two sisters, Nova Bordelon (played by Rutina Wesley ), a journalist and activist who lives in New Orleans , and Charley Bordelon ( Dawn-Lyen Gardner ), a sports manager who leaves her upscale Los Angeles home with teenage son Micah to return to Louisiana after her father dies. Her brother Ralph Angel ( Kofi Siriboe ) is a single father struggling with unemployment and beginning to renew his relationship with the former drug addict mother of his son Blue. Together they inherit from their father - an 800-acre sugar cane farm . The siblings have to deal with their relationships with one another and their family history and withstand the challenges of agriculture and the racism of neighboring landowners.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva: Oprah Winfrey To Co-Star In & Co-Create With 'Selma' Filmmaker Ava DuVernay 'Queen Sugar' OWN Drama Series . February 2, 2015.
- ↑ Denise Petski: Ava DuVernay & Oprah Winfrey's 'Queen Sugar' Gets Fall Premiere Date On OWN . June 30, 2016.
- ↑ Dominic Patten: Ava DuVernay-Directed 'Queen Sugar' Gets Season 2 Pickup From OWN - TCA . August 1, 2016.
- ^ Dominic Patten, Dominic Patten: 'Queen Sugar' Gets Season 5 Renewal From OWN; Anthony Sparks Back As Showrunner. In: Deadline. September 12, 2019, accessed March 3, 2020 .
Web links
- Queen Sugar on the Oprah Winfrey Network website
- Queen Sugar in the Internet Movie Database (English)