Screening followed by a Q&A with Oprah Winfrey, Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kofi Siriboe, Tina Lillford, Dondre T. Whitfield, Nicholas L. Ashe, Greg Vaughan, Timon Kyle Durrett along with Series Directors Tina Mabry, Tanya Hamilton, Salli Richardson Whitfield and So Yong Kim.
Moderated by Dominic Patten, Deadline.
SYNOPSIS
From award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay (“Selma”) and executive producer Oprah Winfrey, the acclaimed OWN drama series "Queen Sugar" chronicles the lives and loves of the estranged Bordelon siblings in Saint Josephine, Louisiana: Nova (Rutina Wesley, “True Blood”), a world-wise journalist and activist; Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner, “Unforgettable”), the savvy wife and manager of a professional basketball star; and Ralph Angel, (Kofi Siriboe, “Awkward”), a formerly incarcerated young father in search of redemption. After a family tragedy, the Bordelons must navigate the triumphs and struggles of their complicated lives in order to run an ailing sugarcane farm in the Deep South. Led by acclaimed film director DuVernay, who directed the first two episodes, all episodes in the series’ debut season are directed by women. “Queen Sugar” is produced by Warner Horizon Television. The series is based on the book of the same name by Natalie Baszile.
