I have to apologize for being late to the Queen Sugar party, especially after having watched and loved Greenleaf on OWN. I knew when Queen Sugar was premiering, and I had every intention of watching it because Oprah and Ava DuVernay had something to do with it. Still, I slept on it. And between my month in Nigeria and Ada Verastic’s party, I only just got to binge-watching it.
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The more I know about how Black people were and continue to be mistreated, the angrier I become. Queen Sugar is not about slavery or the mistreatment of Black people, but the struggles of the average Black person – regardless of his/her socio-economic status is a recurring theme.
But most of all, it’s about family and life and values and affirmations and what is wrong or right. Right or wrong is not always black and white. Sometimes, or maybe most times, life is gray. What is right or wrong depends on who is looking at the picture.
Three siblings – Nova, Charley, and Ralph-Angel, along with their aunt, Violet are in mourning, and nothing brings a family together more than tragedy – unfortunately. What we witness is what we see in our everyday lives: individuals struggling with their morals and convictions. Love. Marriage. Racism. Sexism. Sex. Infidelity. Lies. Betrayal. Loyalty. Money. Incarceration.
Season 1 just concluded two weeks ago, but all the episodes are available OnDemand on OWN. And at the end of each episode, you get a bonus. Well, it’s a bonus for me. You get to see Ava DuVernay at the end of each episode telling you about the episode and the director. Ava DuVernay is the creator and executive producer of Queen Sugar.
Read about it. Watch it. You’re gonna love it.
Me that I’m just hearing it for the first time nko
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Nothing do you. Go ahead and watch it.
I read the book and I liked it. I don’t want to watch the movie because I have a feeling it will mess up the characters for me. For example, there are only two siblings in the book – Charley and Ralph-Angel.
Manny, I didn’t read the book, but I can’t blame you for not watching. Movies/shows usually tend to stray a little bit from the book.
Ive watched the entire series… I loved it especially the hot, sexy Ghanaian-American actor that played Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe) Many Nigerians didnt like it though calling it slow and melancholic… but I loved it. It does resonate with many African Americans though. I see it more an onion.. each episode peels back layers that reveal more. It definately worth watching at least tho the 3rd episode, if you are not sucked in by then then maybe its not for you. But I loved it and cant wait for Season Two
Lol. Bola, maybe Nigerians don’t like it because it doesn’t start off with “suspense” like Naija movies. Lol. Or maybe there needs to be at least one native doctor. Lol.
Lol… nothing to do with that. Nobody does Native doctor films anymore anyway. I think many Nigerians dont ‘get’ the African American experience; the preoccupation with slavery, the sadness and melancholy of it. Many of us don’t like too many films that deal with sad because there is enough in our lives. We watch movies to ‘forget’, to laugh, that why 30 Days In Atlanta, Jenifa, Wedding Party can be one of the highest grossing films in the country. So Queen Sugar might not be high on the list because of these things but I still love it… even if it just to see the very fine, though flawed Ralph Angel!
*Please excuse the typos!