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[07/11/22 - 12:51 PM]
"Queen Sugar" Seventh Season Director Lineup
Ava DuVernay, having directed the pilot in season one, will return to direct the final episode in a full-circle moment.

[via press release from Warner Bros. Discovery]

"Queen Sugar" Seventh Season Director Lineup

Award-winning drama series "Queen Sugar" returns to OWN this fall for its seventh and final season boasting a directorial line-up of returning all-star directors, including creator and executive producer Ava DuVernay. From ARRAY Filmworks and Warner Bros. Television, the series has started production on the final episode in and around New Orleans.

When "Queen Sugar" first began production in 2016, creator and executive producer Ava DuVernay made a commitment to exclusively hire women as directors and kept that promise through the entire series run. Over the course of its seven seasons, "Queen Sugar" has employed 42 women to direct episodes of the show, with 39 of those being first-time scripted television directors in the United States. Every director has gone on to direct a wide variety of award-winning television series and films across all major streaming and broadcast networks. The final season welcomes the return of seven directors from previous seasons, including Kat Candler, Stacey Muhammad, showrunner Shaz Bennett, Patricia Cardoso, Aurora Guerrero, DeMane Davis and Ava DuVernay. DuVernay, having directed the pilot in season one, will return to direct the final episode in a full-circle moment.

Notable guest stars include the return of Emmy Award winner Glynn Turman, the late father of the Bordelon siblings; Emmy nominees Tracie Thoms, as Nova's long lost high school 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.

"Queen Sugar" is produced for OWN by DuVernay's ARRAY Filmworks and Harpo Films in association with Warner Bros. Television. Executive producers are Ava DuVernay, Oprah Winfrey, Paul Garnes and Shaz Bennett. The series is based on the book by Natalie Baszile. All previous seasons of "Queen Sugar" are currently available to stream exclusively on Hulu.

Winner of the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Drama Series in both 2017 and 2022, "Queen Sugar'' was declared "one of the best hours on television" on its 2021 Emmy Magazine cover. Recently nominated for a 2022 Humanitas Award, the African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) has honored the series as Best TV Drama for four consecutive years, along with the Impact Award and multiple Best Writing awards. Creator and executive producer Ava DuVernay was recently named Producer of the Year by The Hollywood Reporter, with the International Emmy Awards announcing it will honor DuVernay with the prestigious Founders Award this fall.





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