Oprah Winfrey and Ava DuVernay will join forces to create an adaptation of Natalie Baszile’s book, Queen Sugar.
NPR.org reports that Baszile’s debut novel follows “a woman living in Los Angeles who moves to her father’s 800-acre sugar cane farm in Louisiana after his death.” Penguin Random House published it on February 2014.
In the past, Winfrey made an appearance in the film Selma which DuVernay directed. For this new project, both Winfrey and DuVernay will serve as executive producers. Winfrey will also take on a recurring acting role which marks “the first time she’s acted in an OWN series.” DuVernay has been tasked with additional duties as director and writer.