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You and Aunt Vi had some very tense conversations together. That dynamic - especially between you and Charlie, and you and Nova - is fascinating. Tammy, you seamlessly entered the show as Billie, Prosper’s daughter. TT: I’ve been working every one of their nerves! That’s right! TL: She’s been getting on our nerves like she’s been there for six years. Tina Lifford: But she feels like she’s been there for six years. Some of you have been on this show for six years. A lot of the flowers we see in season six were planted as seeds in season one, and we get to deal with them patiently and romantically and beautifully, as you all just saw. My favorite part about it is it’s not a one-episode special where we deal with race.

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Queen Sugar has been very responsible about the stories and characters we portray to make sure people walk away with new information about how to navigate their lives. Instead of picking up a book, people will watch TV. What do you think Queen Sugar adds to the television landscape six seasons in?

You can watch or read their conversation below.Īngelica Jade Bastién: One thing I love about this show, which shines through in every season, is that it handles very heavy topics - police violence, domestic violence, generational trauma, the relationship Black people have to the land - in really beautiful ways. In a conversation led by our critic Angelica Jade Bastién, they discussed the show’s legacy, what it was like to film an account of 2020 in real time, and the paradox of telling Black stories in Hollywood. Ashe (Micah West) gathered at Vulture Festival in Los Angeles to screen the episode.

On the eve of its sixth-season finale, just days before DuVernay confirmed that Queen Sugar’s forthcoming seventh season would be its last, cast members Kofi Siriboe (Ralph Angel Bordelon), Bianca Lawson (Darla Sutton), Tina Lifford (Violet Bordelon), Tammy Townsend (Billie), and Nicholas L. It wasn’t just the lineup of all-women directors that marked Queen Sugar as a standout, though the Ava DuVernay–created series committed to that for its entire run. Rather, the show’s resolutely deliberate pace and delicate approach to explosive story lines distinguished Queen Sugar from its network counterparts from the start - and elevate it above the streaming morass to this day. Photo: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Vultureįive years ago, a drama about a southern family premiered on OWN in quietly radical fashion.

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