Queen Sugar is an American drama television series, created, directed and executive produced by Ava DuVernay alongside Oprah Winfrey. The series is based on the novel of the same name by Natalie Baszile. The series set to air on Oprah Winfrey Network and will premiere on September 6, 2016. On August 1, 2016, the series was renewed for a second season ahead of television premiere.
The series follows the life of two sisters, Nova Bordelon (played by Rutina Wesley), the formidable journalist and activist from New Orleans, and Charley Bordelon (Dawn-Lyen Gardner), a modern woman, who, with her teenage son Micah, leaves her upscale home in Los Angeles and moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father – an 800-acre sugarcane farm.