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DuVernay, having directed the pilot in season one, will return to direct the final episode in a full-circle moment.Įmmy winner Glynn Turman, the late father of the Bordelon children, returns as a notable guest star, along with Emmy nominees Tracie Thoms, as Nova’s long lost highschool love, and Sharon Lawrence as Charley Bordelon’s mother Lorna Emmy award-winner Greg Vaughan as Nova’s former partner Vanessa Bell Calloway (“This Is Us,” “Shameless”), Amirah Vann as family nemesis Parker Campbell and Brian Michael as Ralph Angel’s high school friend and current police officer Toine. Kaci Walfall (“Naomi”), and Lamman Rucker (“Greenleaf”) join returning recurring cast members that include Reagan Gomez who portrays Nova’s former lover Chantal Grammy Award-winner Ann Nesby as Sandy, the at-home nurse who catches Prosper Denton’s eye Tanyell Waivers, Micah’s ex-girlfriend Keke McKinley Freeman,Nova’s anthropologist boyfriend Dominic and Vivien Ngô, Ralph Angel’s ex-girlfriend Trinh. After seven seasons and nearly 90 episodes, the acclaimed drama series Queen Sugar is coming to an end.

Seven directors from prior seasons, including Kat Candler, Stacey Muhammad, showrunner Shaz Bennett, Patricia Cordosa, Aurora Guerrero, DeMane Davis, and Ava DuVernay, are returning for the final season. Each director has now gone on to create a wide range of noteworthy films and television shows for both major streaming services and traditional broadcast networks. The company was indicted by a federal grand jury in Tampa for carrying out a conspiracy to commit slavery, wrote Alec Wilkinson, in his 1989 book, Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of. 42 women have directed episodes of “Queen Sugar” throughout the course of its seven seasons, 39 of whom are American scripted television filmmakers making their directorial debuts. (They're watching this all take place from their perch at the 160-story Burj Khalifa in. She followed through on this commitment for the whole duration of the series. For instance, in the Third Season (sometime around 1100 AD. By Elena Nicolaou Published: Aug 29, 2022. Visit for more informationĪva DuVernay, the show’s creator and executive producer, vowed to only use women as directors when Queen Sugar originally started production in 2016. The story, which began as a sunrise of a suggestion from Oprah, is ready for its sunset as a dream fully realized.
