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From acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay (Selma) and executive producer Oprah Winfrey comes a new dramatic series that explores the struggles of an African-American family, in which three adult siblings have just inherited their late father's 800-acre sugarcane farm in rural Louisiana.
Dawn-Lyen Gardner (Luke Cage), Rutina Wesley (True Blood), and Kofi Siriboe (Kicks, Whiplash) lead the cast of the 13-episode drama, which will be premiering this fall on Oprah's cable network, OWN.
Based on author Natalie Baszile's debut novel, "Queen Sugar" will kick things off with a special two-night premiere on September 6 and 7. Both episodes were directed by the show's creator DuVernay, who has reportedly hired an all-female roster of directors to helm the rest of the series.
In the meantime, you can check out the newly-released extended trailer, above.
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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