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Ava DuVernay is developing NBC's Sovereign as network TV's first Native American network family drama
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Sovereign “chronicles the lives, loves and loyalties of a sprawling Indigenous family struggling to control the future of their tribe against outside forces and themselves," per NBC's description. The pilot was written by Navajo Nation member Sydney Freeland and Shaz Bennett based on a story from DuVernay.
TOPICS: Ava DuVernay, NBC, Sovereign, Shaz Bennett, Sydney Freeland, In Development, Native Americans and TV
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