![]() Queen Sugar - an OWN collaboration between DuVernay and executive producer Oprah - is inspired by Natalie Baszile’s book by the same name. ![]() Queen Sugar and its talented cast understand that most families are complex, messy, angry, and loving, all at once Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe) and his heart-eye emoji of a son, Blue (Ethan Hutchison). This isn’t necessarily a requirement for family dramas, but after watching the series - which imbues every frame of the caring, complex, specifically black Bordelon family’s story with so much warmth - it’s hard to argue otherwise. It mourns the loss of the Bordelon family patriarch but, more importantly, celebrates the family he left behind.Įvery frame of Queen Sugar feels lovingly made. The show draws you close physically and emotionally, letting you witness its characters’ most vulnerable moments - the better to help you understand exactly what’s going on in their heads even when they try desperately to keep their thoughts to themselves. Queen Sugar sweeps you into the world of the Bordelon family, who are forced to come together in Louisiana after the death of their beloved father, who owned the sugar plantation behind their childhood home.Īs directed by DuVernay, Queen Sugar hardly lets a glance go by without a purpose, without making you feel the joy or wrenching pain that comes with it. Under creator and director Ava DuVernay’s careful and deeply empathetic watch, it’s the rare family drama that feels both incredibly intimate and wonderfully grand. There isn’t much TV that can compel me to sit down and embrace its world like I’m sinking into a hot bath, but that’s exactly what it feels like to watch the warm and all-consuming Queen Sugar.
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