OWN's Queen Sugar — Teaser Trailer

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added: Thu, Jun 23rd '16

Check out the first teaser trailer for the new drama series "Queen Sugar," which hails from executive producer Oprah Winfrey and acclaimed "Selma" director Ava DuVernay.

Based on author Natalie Baszile's debut novel of the same name, and produced for Oprah's OWN network, the series centers on members of an African-American family struggling to come together as they try to tackle the complexities of the sugarcane business after their recently departed father leaves them his 800-acre sugarcane farm in Louisiana.

Starring Dawn-Lyen Gardner (Heroes, Luke Cage), Rutina Wesley (True Blood, Hannibal), and Kofi Siriboe (Kicks, Whiplash), "Queen Sugar" will premiere in the fall on OWN.

synopsis:
Queen Sugar chronicles the lives and loves of the estranged Bordelon siblings in Saint Josephine, Louisiana: Charley, the savvy wife and manager of an NBA star; Nova, a worldly-wise journalist and activist; and Ralph Angel, 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.

 

directed by   Ava DuVernay (pilot episode)

starring   Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Rutina Wesley, Kofi Siriboe, Omar J. Dorsey, Timon Kyle Durrett, Dondre Whitfield, Tina Lifford

release date   September 6 and 7, 2016 (special two-night premiere on OWN)

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