National Geographic’s Queens isn’t your typical nature documentary series.
From the first episode, it flips the script on what one might expect out, instead diving deep into the love, loss and resilience of the matriarchal societies in the animal kingdom. And it all started with that very first story of both lionesses and hyenas detailed in the “African Queens” episode.
“The executive at NatGeo said, ‘We should do this as a whole series,’ ” executive producer Vanessa Berlowitz explained during Deadline’s Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted panel. “We kind of looked at each other and went, ‘Surely it’s been done.’ And it hasn’t. So it was just one of those great conversations between two female senior leaders, realizing this was a huge content area that was fresh and exciting.”
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Queens took four years to come to fruition, including...
From the first episode, it flips the script on what one might expect out, instead diving deep into the love, loss and resilience of the matriarchal societies in the animal kingdom. And it all started with that very first story of both lionesses and hyenas detailed in the “African Queens” episode.
“The executive at NatGeo said, ‘We should do this as a whole series,’ ” executive producer Vanessa Berlowitz explained during Deadline’s Contenders TV: Documentary + Unscripted panel. “We kind of looked at each other and went, ‘Surely it’s been done.’ And it hasn’t. So it was just one of those great conversations between two female senior leaders, realizing this was a huge content area that was fresh and exciting.”
Related: Contenders TV Docs + Unscripted – Deadline’s Full Coverage
Queens took four years to come to fruition, including...
- 4/27/2024
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
The strikes are behind us, Emmy season is upon us, and it’s time to hear from the creatives and talent behind some of the TV season’s most talked-about nonfiction programs. Deadline’s daylong Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event will offer just that this weekend, giving awards-watchers a chance to kick back at home and take in the tales.
You can RSVP for Saturday’s livestream here.
Starting at 9 a.m. Pt Saturday, the fourth annual event features 20 panels with cast and creatives from series, specials and telefilms.
Here is what and who you can expect to see.
From ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
From Prime Video: Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (Writer/Director...
You can RSVP for Saturday’s livestream here.
Starting at 9 a.m. Pt Saturday, the fourth annual event features 20 panels with cast and creatives from series, specials and telefilms.
Here is what and who you can expect to see.
From ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!.
From Prime Video: Maxine’s Baby: The Tyler Perry Story (Writer/Director...
- 4/24/2024
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Let’s start at the end. We’re at the base of the Ngorongoro Crater, a two-million-year-old collapsed volcano in Tanzania. A heavy downpour is thumping the roof of our safari vehicle. Yes, it’s raining in Africa. Before we begin the steep ascent up the walls of the crater along muddy brick roads, our tour guide breaks and turns off the ignition. He gestures toward an unseasonably lush clearing where a committee of elephants is assembled to wish us adieu.
For the last week, we’ve been on a press trip in the Serengeti with one unique wrinkle: National Geographic embedded our excursions with the creative talent behind their new natural world series, Queens. In addition to local guides, we were accompanied by National Geographic’s filmmakers, who are brave enough to tackle assignments like night shoots in open-sided vehicles amongst lions and hyenas. We were in safe hands.
For the last week, we’ve been on a press trip in the Serengeti with one unique wrinkle: National Geographic embedded our excursions with the creative talent behind their new natural world series, Queens. In addition to local guides, we were accompanied by National Geographic’s filmmakers, who are brave enough to tackle assignments like night shoots in open-sided vehicles amongst lions and hyenas. We were in safe hands.
- 3/4/2024
- by Chris Longo
- Den of Geek
“This is an unusual sighting,” whispers Faith Musembi, a producer and director on a new seven-part docuseries Queens, narrated by Black Panther’s Angela Bassett. We’re in a safari truck with our binoculars trained on 50 elephants on Tanzania’s Serengeti plain, one of the locations TV Guide Magazine visited with the filmmakers last year. In many parts of Africa, these mammals, often called “ellies,” disperse in small groups most of the year to find food, led by their herd’s matriarch. Because the December rains have made foliage so plentiful, however, the extended family can gather. The boss lady shakes her head (and impressive tusks) at us in a warning not to get too close. (Credit: National Geographic For Disney/Robbie Harman) This is just one of the majestic sights you can see in Queens, which showcases powerful sisterhoods within the animal kingdom. Premiering on National Geographic and Disney+...
- 2/18/2024
- TV Insider
On Thursday, February 8, National Geographic celebrated the highly anticipated new documentary series “Queens” with a red carpet premiere and afterparty at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Gold Derby associate editor Latasha Ford and senior editor Denton Davidson were on the red carpet to interview narrator Angela Bassett, executive producer Vanessa Berlowitz, showrunner and writer Chloe Sarosh, producer/director Faith Musembi and director of photography Justine Evans. They also chatted with special guests Bobi Wine and Barbie Kyagulanyi (“Bobi Wine: The People’s President”), Cesar Milan (“Better Human Better Dog”), Symone (“RuPaul’s Drag Race”) and Jordyn McIntosh (“Reasonable Doubt”). Watch the exclusive red carpet interviews above.
The wildest places on the planet have always been home to powerful leaders, but this is a story of a new hero – fierce, smart, resilient and … female. “Queens” features matriarchies and female leaders around the world to tell a story of sacrifice...
The wildest places on the planet have always been home to powerful leaders, but this is a story of a new hero – fierce, smart, resilient and … female. “Queens” features matriarchies and female leaders around the world to tell a story of sacrifice...
- 2/9/2024
- by Latasha Ford and Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Queens is Nat Geo’s latest wildlife series that follows six domains ruled by the fierce and formidable matriarchs of the animal world.
Narrated by Angela Bassett, the series hosted its world premiere in LA this evening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
And there was a surprise guest. Hillary Clinton delivered a message to the all-female production team behind the series, a rarity in the world of documentary and particularly wildlife.
In a video message, the former Senator said she was “celebrating the women in wildlife TV who are flipping the male-dominated script”.
“I love wildlife TV and for over 136 years National Geographic has captivated audiences with their visual storytelling of the natural world. But until now, there has never been a woman-led film and production team telling those stories. Queens not only amplifies stories of female power in the wild, it is dedicated to reshaping gender representation in television,...
Narrated by Angela Bassett, the series hosted its world premiere in LA this evening at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
And there was a surprise guest. Hillary Clinton delivered a message to the all-female production team behind the series, a rarity in the world of documentary and particularly wildlife.
In a video message, the former Senator said she was “celebrating the women in wildlife TV who are flipping the male-dominated script”.
“I love wildlife TV and for over 136 years National Geographic has captivated audiences with their visual storytelling of the natural world. But until now, there has never been a woman-led film and production team telling those stories. Queens not only amplifies stories of female power in the wild, it is dedicated to reshaping gender representation in television,...
- 2/9/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Adjoa Andoh is narrating “Chasing the Rains,” an upcoming four-part docuseries on African wildlife, Variety can exclusively reveal.
Andoh is perhaps best know as “Bridgerton’s” Lady Danbury and has also appeared in “The Witcher” and “Silent Witness” as well as numerous theatrical productions.
Produced by Love Nature and Sky Nature and created by Maramedia (“Stormborn”), the docuseries promises to take viewers “into one of the most majestic, unspoiled and rarely filmed areas in Africa” in an exploration of how wildlife – including cheetahs, hyenas and elephants – survive the cycles of draught and rainfall.
The series, which will launch in December on Love Nature’s linear and streaming platforms, is produced in association with Arte France.
It will then debut on Sky Nature in the U.K. in March 2023 as well as in Italy as part of Love Nature and Sky’s content partnership. It will premiere on Arte in France and Germany.
Andoh is perhaps best know as “Bridgerton’s” Lady Danbury and has also appeared in “The Witcher” and “Silent Witness” as well as numerous theatrical productions.
Produced by Love Nature and Sky Nature and created by Maramedia (“Stormborn”), the docuseries promises to take viewers “into one of the most majestic, unspoiled and rarely filmed areas in Africa” in an exploration of how wildlife – including cheetahs, hyenas and elephants – survive the cycles of draught and rainfall.
The series, which will launch in December on Love Nature’s linear and streaming platforms, is produced in association with Arte France.
It will then debut on Sky Nature in the U.K. in March 2023 as well as in Italy as part of Love Nature and Sky’s content partnership. It will premiere on Arte in France and Germany.
- 9/21/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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