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Echoes, twins make mayhem

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series, Uncategorized / By Virginia DeBolt / August 23, 2022 / Ali Stoker, Anna Mastro, Daniel Sunjata, Echoes, Jonathan Tucker, Karen Robinson, Kat Candler, Li Lu, Michael O'Neill, Michelle Monaghan, Rosanny Zayas, Valerie Weiss, Vanessa Gazy, Women Directors

Echoes is about twins. One is good, one is bad. They swap identities regularly so you never know if you’re looking at the good one or the bad one. The series was created by Vanessa Gazy and used all women directors.

Home Before Dark Gives New Meaning to ‘Precocious’

1 Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / January 1, 2021 / Abby Miller, Aziza Scott, Brooklynn Prince, Dana Fox, Dara Resnik, Hilde Lysiak, Home Before Dark, Jim Sturgess, Joelle Carter, Kat Candler, Kate Woods, Kylie Rogers, Louis Herthum, Michael Greyeyes, Michael Weston, Mila Morgan, Reed Birney, Rosemary Rodriguez, season 1, Sharon Lawrence, Sharon Taylor, Thembi Banks, Women Directors

Home Before Dark tells a story based on real events about a precocious and intrepid 9 year old journalist who solves a cold case. It’s suspenseful and mysterious. You’ll find it on Apple TV+.

Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, and Kofi Siriboe in Queen Sugar

Review: Queen Sugar, season 3

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 12, 2019 / Ayoka Chenzira, Bianca Lawson, Christina Choe, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, DeMane Davis, Dondre Whitfield, Ethan Hutchison, Henry G. Sanders, Kat Candler, Kofi Siriboe, Lauren Wolkstein, Maria Govan, Nicholas L. Ashe, Nijla Mu’min, Omar J. Dorsey, Patricia Cardoso, Queen Sugar, Rachel Raimist, Rutina Wesley, Shaz Bennett, Tanyell Waivers, Timon Kyle Durrett, Tina Lifford, Vivien Ngo, Women Directors

It feels like it takes years and years for each season of Queen Sugar to reach Hulu, where I anxiously wait to watch it. Season 3 finally made it there. And, of course, I watched it. You can see all 3 seasons on Hulu. Queen Sugar continues to be a well written, well acted, beautifully touching story about the extended …

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Kofi Siriboe, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, and Rutina Wesley in Queen Sugar

Review: Queen Sugar, season 2

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 11, 2018 / Alimi Ballard, Amanda Marsalis, Aurora Guerrero, Bianca Lawson, Cheryl Dunye, Christina Voros, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, DeMane Davis, Dondre Whitfield, Ethan Hutchison, Garrett Bradley, Julie Dash, Kat Candler, Kofi Siriboe, Lauren Wolkstein, Liesl Tommy, Maryam Keshavarz, Michael Michele, Nicholas L. Ashe, Omar J. Dorsey, Patricia Cardoso, Queen Sugar, Rutina Wesley, season 2, Sharon Lawrence, Timon Kyle Durrett, Tina Lifford, Women Directors

Queen Sugar season 2 is now available on Hulu, which is where I watch it since I don’t get OWN. It was actually a great experience to binge the whole 16 episode season on Hulu, even though it took several days. The power, the impact, the brilliance of Queen Sugar just soaks into you when you binge watch it.

10 Great TV Series Directed Wholly or Partly by Women from 2017

2 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / December 22, 2017 / Alias Grace, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Ava DuVernay, Claire Scanlon, Floria Sigismondi, GLOW, Jennifer Leacey, Kari Skogland, Kat Candler, Kate Dennis, Lana Wachowski, Lynn Shelton, Margaret Atwood, Mary Harron, Melanie Mayron, Mia Lidofsky, Minkie Spiro, Neema Barnette, One Mississippi, Queen Sugar, Reed Morano, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Sally Wainwright, Sense8, Sian Heder, So Yong Kim, Strangers, Tanya Hamilton, The Handmaid's Tale, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Tig Notaro, Tina Mabry, To Walk Invisible: The Brontë Sisters, Victoria Mahoney, Wanted, Wendey Stanzler, Women Directors

My standard disclaimer about top 10 end of year lists: there are many things I don’t see on TV because I don’t have the right channels or subscriptions. If I overlook your favorite, that may be why. Here are the best TV shows I saw in 2017 (even if they weren’t released in 2017).

Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Rutina Wesley, and Kofi Siriboe in Queen Sugar

Review: Season 1 of Queen Sugar

1 Comment / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 27, 2017 / Ava DuVernay, Bianca Lawson, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Dondre Whitfield, Ethan Hutchison, Glynn Turman, Greg Vaughan, Henry G. Sanders, Isaac White, Kat Candler, Kofi Siriboe, Natalie Baszile, Neema Barnette, Nicholas L. Ashe, Ninja N. Devoe, Omar J. Dorsey, Oprah Winfrey, Queen Sugar, Rutina Wesley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, season 1, So Yong Kim, Tanya Hamilton, Timon Kyle Durrett, Tina Lifford, Tina Mabry, Victoria Mahoney, Women Directors

Season 1 of Queen Sugar was outstanding, engaging, enlightening, and demanding. It ended with a cliffhanger that could mean huge changes in season 2.

Watch This: New Trailer for Queen Sugar

1 Comment / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 3, 2016 / Ava DuVernay, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kat Candler, Kofi Siriboe, Natalie Baszile, Neema Barnette, Queen Sugar, Rutina Wesley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, So Yong Kim, Tanya Hamilton, Tina Mabry, trailers, Victoria Mahoney, Women Directors

Queen Sugar has already been renewed for a 16 episode second season before the first season begins airing. Season 1 begins on OWN on Tuesday, September 6 and Wednesday, September 7 with two nights of commercial-free TV directed by Ava DuVernay.

Watch This: Trailer for Queen Sugar

2 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 28, 2016 / Ava DuVernay, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, Kat Candler, Kofi Siriboe, Natalie Baszile, Neema Barnette, Nicholas L. Ashe, Oprah Winfrey, Queen Sugar, Rutina Wesley, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, So Yong Kim, Tanya Hamilton, Tina Mabry, Victoria Mahoney

Queen Sugar, coming to OWN, is the first TV series with episodes directed by Ava DuVernay. It’s produced by Oprah Winfrey. Starring in Queen Sugar as the Bordelon sisters are Rutina Wesley and Dawn-Lyen Gardner.