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Sep 27, 2022 · The OWN drama “Queen Sugar” made its mark on TV thanks to creator Ava DuVernay’s decision to only hire women to direct the show, now in its seventh and final season. Variety spoke to all 42 ...
- Angelique Jackson
Mar 22, 2018 · Ava DuVernay's Queen Sugar will have an all-female director line up for its upcoming third season. Fresh from directing Disney's A Wrinkle In Time and being confirmed for DC's New Gods, DuVernay's Queen Sugar airs on Oprah Winfrey's OWN and is based on the book of the same name by Natalie Baszile. The story follows the Bordelon siblings Nova ...
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Jul 11, 2022 · When Queen Sugar was first announced in 2016, creator Ava DuVernay revealed a commitment to hiring exclusively female directors. Now, as the OWN family drama preps its seventh and final season, it ...
Nov 29, 2022 · ‘Queen Sugar’ Director DeMane Davis writes about impact of Ava DuVernay's decision to ... This was the first TV show in 94 years to have all female directors. ... having now overcome sexual ...
Sep 27, 2022 · In 2021, UCLA’s annual “Hollywood Diversity Report” found that in the period from 2018- 19, just 29.7% of all episodes of cable television were directed by women (with 22.7% directed by ...
- Angelique Jackson
Oct 20, 2022 · For seven seasons, Queen Sugar has employed only women directors. At last count, 42 of them held the job, 39 of them first-time episodic television directors. DuVernay’s insistence on finding ...
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Nov 13, 2022 · Ava DuVernay, the creator of "Queen Sugar," laid down a pioneering directive for her Oprah Winfrey-backed TV series: To hire only female directors, in an industry where women, particularly women ...
