Queen Sugar and Time for Action Forum: IFP Announces IFP Week Public Programming

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Programming highlights include Terence Nance and the creative team behind his new, highly acclaimed HBO series, Random Acts of Flyness, and a look at Ava DuVernay’s series Queen Sugar with her all-star directing team, including Julie Dash. An additional day of Screen Forward Talks programming, Time for Action, is scheduled for Saturday, September 15.

IFP Week’s marquee event, with an all-star line-up of filmmakers and creators past and present, will be held on Sunday, September 16. With 40 years under its belt, thousands of projects, and countless stories, we’ll celebrate IFP’s history with these talks showcasing the progress and promise of independent storytelling across platforms.

The event will feature creator Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty); executive producers Kishori Rajan and Kelley Robins Hicks, and writer/director Darius Clark Monroe with a behind-the-scenes look at their HBO series, Random Acts of Flyness; a look at Ava DuVernay’s OWN series Queen Sugar with her all-star directing team, including showrunner Kat Candler (Hellion), producing director DeMane Davis (Lift), and series directors Julie Dash(Daughters of the Dust) and Lauren Wolkstein (The Strange Ones); and a line-up of special surprise guests and luminaries from IFP’s 40 years.

Queen Sugar and Time for Action Forum: IFP Announces IFP Week Public Programming

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katcandler Driving to our last day of production of Season 3 and reflecting on the last few years with my @queensugarown family. It’s been a spectacular journey of exponential growth, discovery, risk taking, joy filled tears, belly laughter, dance parties, friendships to last a lifetime and an extraordinary family of artists and good hearts to work alongside every single day. Eternally grateful to @ava for asking me a few years back to tell stories with her. Endlessly grateful to the cast and crew for putting their hearts on screen. And to audiences for receiving and valuing the hard work and joy that we put into every frame. With mad love and thankfulness.

Queen Sugar Sweetens Up ATX Television

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Coming back to her home town Saturday, Queen Sugar showrunner Kat Candler and the cast portraying the Bordelon siblings offered fans a rare glimpse into the OWN network show, currently in production for season three.

Candler, Kofi Siriboe (stoic, single dad Ralph Angel), Rutina Wesley (activist and burgeoning journalist Nova), and Dawn-Lyen Gardner (headstrong Charley) joined moderators Amanda N’Duka and Dino-Ray Ramos of Deadline’s New Hollywood podcast on the Alamo Ritz stage following a screening of next week’s episode. (Sorry, folks. No spoilers here, but let’s just say Davis, Charley’s former husband, drops yet another explosive revelation.)

Queen Sugar Sweetens Up ATX Television