For seven seasons, Ava DuVernay’s ‘Queen Sugar’ has employed only women directors. At last count, 42 of them held the job, 39 of them first-time episodic television directors.
It wasn’t so long ago that Black family dramas were virtually nonexistent on television—a fact that makesnow in its final season, an even more extraordinary feat. Based on the novel by Natalie Baszile and adapted for television by Ava DuVernay, the series tells the story of the Bordelon siblings , who inherit their father’s troubled Louisiana sugarcane farm and face the racism of powerful white landowners as well as their own internal struggles.
DuVernay has, in turn, used her platform to fuel diversity and inclusion behind the camera. For seven seasons,has employed only women directors. At last count, 42 of them held the job, 39 of them first-time episodic television directors. DuVernay’s insistence on finding and resurrecting neglected talent has jump-started the careers of iconic filmmakers.
But perhaps what’s most refreshing about the series is that the community it brings to life is in no way monolithic. Not everyone is down with taking to the streets to protest injustice, or with letting little boys play with dolls, or with defunding the police. In an episode in season six, a domestic abuse survivor named Aunt Violet asks, “Who is a woman in a bad situation supposed to call when she’s in danger? A social worker? Please.
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