TV series

Queen Sugar

2016–2022 · 7 seasons

A slow, heartfelt family drama that immerses you in rural Louisiana life, rich with emotional weight and social issues.

Overview: Two sisters, Nova Bordelon and Charley Bordelon, with her teenage son Micah moves to the heart of Louisiana to claim an inheritance from her recently departed father - an 800-acre sugarcane farm.
How it feels: Earnest, warm, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, grief, identity, race
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
identity
race
justice
Places: countryside
small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild