Urban Freedom Magazine Winter 2017- Dayna Bolden Cover | Page 27

Black TV

Queen Sugar :* Insecure :*

Starting with a backdrop of the turbulent lives between 3 African-American siblings . Queen Sugar has taken us all captive by the heart , mind & soul . Giving perspectives of family unity no matter our differences and history . Shedding light on major issues that reign in our community ... unjustified incarceration . relationships , career , family separation and the one we can all relate to most .... Consistent crossroads in life . Showcasing on the Oprah Winfrey Network OWN . Queen Sugar was produced by Ava Duvernay . Duvernay known for also directing “ Selma ” ; showcased and collaborated with a new female director every episode who also enlisted all star female directors to work by her side each episode . Amazing dynamics have created a television show that caters to every personality . Especially those of us with layers seen and unseen . OWN has delivered television for us , by us , that we can be proud of !
Queen Sugar Airs Every : Catch up on Season 1 as we await the arrival of Season 2 which will bring 16 all new episodes .
Congratulations are in order Golden Globe nominee “ Insecure ” starring Issae Rae . Insecure has broken barriers in the depiction of African American women painting our realties of learning ourselves , relationships , friendships and mostly .. the woman in the mirror . Insecure follows the lives of two best friends Issa & Molly . Two best friends leading completely different lives . Issa who has become unapologetically awkward in her own skin represents a new side of Black women we love but rarely get to see . We fall in love with the character more and more simply because she is what most find it hard to be .. themselves . To see a Black Woman unafraid to be her true self is a new form of tv other cultures are finally able to learn from . We have missed tv like Girlfriends , Eve , Fresh Prince that brought us reality that represent us proudly . Issa who wears her hair in an array of beautiful natural styles working in the urban youth community she comes from in California she comes from . Finding her life with her live in boyfriend & at one time enthusiastic job begins
Insecure starring Issa Rae to find all of her life mundane . Searching for a thrill and writing checks her reality isn ’ t ready to pay for . Molly the prestigious attorney with a good heart and promiscuous life searches for love in so many places the timing even if the man was right , is wrong . Molly drunken on the idea of perfect love finds herself in more beds than hearts refusing to accept the one piece of advice every woman needs to learn .. Self-Love without romantic attachment . Season 2 has been confirmed by HBO ! Not only is it rare for a season 1 to have a new contract before the previous has ended but even more rare that it is nominated for such a prestigious award ! This is what our support looks like … its undeniable !
Queen Sugar on OWN
Also catch up on Season 1 of this HBO hit !
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