"We wanted to get into this issue of rape and exploring the matter of consent, that there is a moment of consent that is always present, and if it's not present, it's absent, and that means no," Ava says. "The outside has come in."Īdditionally, "By Any Chance" delves deep into the issue of sexual consent in the Charley and Davis storyline. They can no longer go in her beautiful house and close the door and just be together," Ava says. What they do for a living starts to invade their relationship to a point where they can no longer deny it. "In this episode, Calvin and Nova's relationship really comes to a head. There's a lot of social mores tied up into why they're good for each other and why they might not be good for each other, and yet, at the heart of it, there's love within the relationship."Įven so, Ava says, the characters' occupations put them on a collision course. I like that she's struggling with that, because it's not just a sweeping romance. "She is a Black Lives Matter activist and journalist around issues of race, and a healer, and I like that contrast," Ava says. In thinking about who Nova was, I thought, 'What would be something that allows us to see her really, you know, pushed to her limits?' So, of course, you know, I had to give her a white cop," Ava says, smiling.
Ava DuVernay, the creator of Queen Sugar, explains how Calvin challenges Nova, and in Episode 5, "By Any Chance," you see the conflict come to the surface. One of the most unconventional aspects of the show is the romance between Black Lives Matter activist Nova Bordelon and Calvin, a white police officer. Queen Sugar defies stereotypes in many ways.
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