Queen Sugar (2016) — Where to Watch, Ratings & Cast | Movie Browser

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Latest Episode

5.5

Season 7 • Episode 13

Latest

For They Existed

Nov 29, 2022

Overview

Two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.

Content warning

based on novel or book dramatic louisiana southern usa family drama sugarcane

land as legacy and burdensibling rivalry and reconciliationBlack land ownershipqueer identity in the South

Standout Aspects

Direction

DuVernay's all-female director roster reshapes what prestige TV looks like.

Cinematography

Louisiana sugarcane fields shot like characters—lush, haunted, unforgiving.

Acting

Rutina Wesley and Dawn-Lyen Gardner's sisterhood will wreck you.

Best for:Solo·Binge·Rewatch

Heads up:Triggers·Emotional

Creator

Ava DuVernay

First AiredSep 6, 2016

StatusEnded

Vibe

Paceslow

Intensitymedium

Tonemixed

Feelheavy

Seasons7·Episodes88

Top Cast

Rutina Wesley

Nova Bordelon

Dawn-Lyen Gardner

Charley Bordelon West

Kofi Siriboe

Ralph Angel Bordelon

Nicholas L. Ashe

Micah West

Dondré Whitfield

Remy Newell

Omar J. Dorsey

Hollywood Desonier

Greg Vaughan

Calvin

Tina Lifford

Violet Bordelon

Bianca Lawson

Darla

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Deep Dive

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Cultural

DuVernay hired only women directors across all 88 episodes, a television first that changed industry conversations about who gets to shape Black stories.

Insight

The sugarcane farm mirrors real Black land loss in America—Black farmers owned 14 million acres in 1920, less than 2 million today.

Queen Sugar on OWN Premieres September 7th

Queen Sugar on OWN Premieres September 7th

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