Season 5 of OWN’s Queen Sugar continues the stories of the Bordelon siblings in rural Louisiana as they deal with the realities of the pandemic, job losses, the Black Lives Matter movement, and racial injustice.
The trailer shows Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe) vowing to keep the land his father left him.
Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner) aims to protect Black farmers as a newly-elected councilwoman, and has to balance being a mother to her son Micah (Nicholas Ashe).
“The virus is here—I’m going to need you to come home,” Charley tells a disappointed Micah on the phone while he walks around the college campus at Xavier University.
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The video also reveals Nova (Rutina Wesley) receiving an icy welcome from some members of her romantic partner Calvin’s (Greg Vaughn) family.
The series is based on the book by the same name from Natalie Baszile. The drama centers on the lives of three siblings (played by Rutina Wesley, Dawn-Lyen Gardner, and Kofi Siriboe) as they deal with the aftermath of their father’s sudden death and decide what’s best for his 800-acre sugarcane farm.
The rest of Queen Sugar’s cast this season includes Ethan Hutchison, Bianca Lawson, Tina Lifford, Omar J. Dorsey, Henry G. Sanders, and recurring guest star Timon Kyle Durrett.
The series premiered in September 2016, and has become a fan favorite on OWN. It also gets high marks from television critics and has a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The drama, which is created and executive produced by Ava DuVernay, had its season 5 production halted due to the pandemic, and DuVernay used the time to revamp the storyline to reflect what’s happening around the country.
“When Ava came to us with the idea to revamp the storyline for the new season after production was halted due to the pandemic, we knew it was the right decision to give our viewers her unique perspective on the very real issues impacting their daily lives and the affect the demand for racial equality has had on the Black community and our society as a whole,” Tina Perry, president of OWN, said in a statement.
Queen Sugar is produced for OWN by Array Filmworks and Harpo Films in association with Warner Bros. Television. Season five’s executive producers are Ava DuVernay, Oprah Winfrey, Paul Garnes and Anthony Sparks.
The new season will premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 8 p.m./7c.
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