Bordelon family
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The Bordelon family is the central fictional Louisiana clan in the television drama "Queen Sugar," around whom the show's interwoven stories of legacy, land, and social issues revolve.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bordelon | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Queen Sugar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Black farming in the American South
ⓘ
sugarcane industry ⓘ |
| basedOn | family in the novel Queen Sugar ⓘ |
| centralFocusOf | Queen Sugar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy |
Ava DuVernay
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oprah Winfrey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | African American NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fictionalLocation | Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Queen Sugar season 1 episode 1 ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Aunt Violet "Vi" Bordelon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Blue Bordelon NERFINISHED ⓘ Charley Bordelon West NERFINISHED ⓘ Darla Sutton NERFINISHED ⓘ Ernest Bordelon NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood Desonier NERFINISHED ⓘ Micah West NERFINISHED ⓘ Nova Bordelon NERFINISHED ⓘ Prosper Denton NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Angel Bordelon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medium | television series ⓘ |
| narrativeThemes |
agrarian life
ⓘ
economic struggle ⓘ family legacy ⓘ grief and healing ⓘ land ownership ⓘ race and social justice ⓘ |
| networkOfOriginalBroadcast | OWN NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of Black Southern rural life
ⓘ
intergenerational storytelling ⓘ |
| owns | Bordelon sugarcane farm NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayedAs | tight-knit extended family ⓘ |
| primaryResidence | St. Josephine, Louisiana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | 21st century ⓘ |
| strugglesWith |
family conflict
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inheritance disputes ⓘ land loss ⓘ mass incarceration ⓘ systemic racism ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bordelon