One Director's "Emotional" Reaction to Seeing Diversity on the Set of Queen Sugar

Ava DuVernay, the creator and executive producer of Queen Sugar, hand-picked her favorite female filmmakers for the Season 2 directorial team. She liked Maryam Keshavarz, an Iranian-American, for her Sundance drama Circumstance.

Here, Maryam opens up about her experience helming the fourth episode of Season 2, particularly seeing so much diversity among the crew and working with Kofi Siriboe, the young actor who brilliantly portrays Ralph Angel Bordelon.