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Queen Sugar

TV·2016–2022·Oprah Winfrey Network·Drama·1h·6.8·Created by Ava DuVernay

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The contemporary drama Queen Sugar, set in the fictional town of Saint Josephine, Louisiana, chronicles the lives and loves of the estranged Bordelon siblings: Nova, a worldly-wise journalist and activist; Charley, the savvy wife and manager of a professional basketball star; and Ralph Angel, a formerly incarcerated young father in search of redemption. After a family tragedy, the Bordelons must navigate the triumphs and struggles of their complicated lives in order to run a struggling sugarcane farm in the Deep South.

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Rutina WesleyRutina WesleyNova BordelonDawn-Lyen GardnerDawn-Lyen GardnerCharley Bordelon WestKofi SiriboeKofi SiriboeRalph Angel BordelonNicholas L. AsheNicholas L. AsheMicah WestDondré WhitfieldDondré WhitfieldRemy NewellOmar J. DorseyOmar J. DorseyHollywood DesonierGreg VaughanGreg VaughanCalvinTina LiffordTina LiffordViolet Bordelon

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