Ava DuVernay’s much anticipated Queen Sugar premiered last night on the OWN network. Part II airs tonight at 10pm. And from the looks of it, everyone is already hooked.
Take note writers. This is what good storytelling looks like. #GimmeSugar #QueenSugar
— Black Girl Nerds (@BlackGirlNerds) September 7, 2016
Welp! A masterpiece of TeeVee!!!! Bravoooo @AVAETC @Oprah for a Job Well Done!#QueenSugar I'm bk tmrw nite!#DrRo
— Dr. Ro (@everythingro) September 7, 2016
Blown. Away. #QueenSugar is perfection!! Acting, writing, music, cinematography, direction… BRAVO!!!
— Gabrielle Union (@itsgabrielleu) September 7, 2016
When was the last time you've seen 3 generations of Black men tenderly loving each other ? The first? #QueenSugar
— MichaelaAngela Davis (@MichaelaAngelaD) September 7, 2016
Brilliant #QueenSugar. Congrats @AVAETC. The cast, the show, the directing, visually, IT'S BRILLIANT!!!
— Tyler Perry (@tylerperry) September 7, 2016
So happy to see #QueenSugar trending. Please watch this beautiful and moving show. Nothing like it on TV. Congrats @AVAETC! ??
— Mindy Kaling (@mindykaling) September 7, 2016
Hey @AVAETC and @NatalieBaszile Y'all see all this #QueenSugar love? Extraordinary to watch what your stories are evoking.
— Melissa Harris-Perry (@MHarrisPerry) September 7, 2016
But hey BMWK, what did you think of part 1?
If you’re reading about Queen Sugar for the first time, NBC BLCK has a good write-up on the series, which is created and produced by acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey (read below).
Black Lives Matter is much more than a hashtag to Ava DuVernay.
The award-winning “Selma” filmmaker says it’s a distinct approach to life—and one that is personified in “Queen Sugar,” her latest collaboration with media mogul Oprah Winfrey.
“We’re in a Black Lives Matter moment and this is what black life looks like,” says DuVernay of the original television drama series, which launches with a two-part premiere tonight at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Winfrey’s OWN network. “Black lives matter and here are three black lives that you get to follow, get to become acquainted with and get to use as a mirror for all life. That’s what ‘Queen Sugar’ is; made with a lot of love, a lot of heart and lot of intention.”
By all accounts “Sugar” is off to a stellar start; ahead of the premiere OWN has already renewed the series for a second season. Adapted from a novel of the same name by Natalie Baszile, it chronicles the lives and loves of estranged siblings who unexpectedly inherit a sugarcane farm in Saint Josephine, Louisiana.
“When I read the book, I was attracted to the every day magnificence of this family,” recalls DuVernay. “With every page, I enjoyed how they related to each other. There was nothing major going on, nothing wrong—just a family relating to each other in every day life.”
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