queensugardaily:

With her celebrated small-screen foray Queen Sugar entering
its fourth season, DuVernay, 46, continues to give opportunities to
first-time showrunners and directors on the OWN hit. The coming year
sees her expand her TV empire to broadcast with Red Line and streaming with Central Park Five. The latter, a timely tell-off to Donald Trump, will have her writing and directing TV for the first time since the Queen Sugar pilot.

What defines a “hit” right now “A true point of view that taps into some part of the zeitgeist with authenticity.”

Why aren’t more people in the industry talking about … “The
underlying issues that instigate the need for diversity and inclusion.
Instead of looking at cosmetic solutions, we should delve into the root
causes. You can’t heal a disease with perfume.”

The most significant change to writers rooms since #MeToo has been “Queen Sugar has had majority women writers in all four seasons since debut. We also had majority women writers on Central Park Five and The Red Line. Issues of dignity for women have always been at the top of our minds.”

Ava DuVernay – Hollywood’s 50 Most Powerful TV Showrunners of 2018