How NatGeo’s ‘Queens’ Had to ‘Literally Rip Up the Rule Book’

The all-women creative team behind NatGeo’s “Queens,” the docuseries narrated by Angela Bassett that centers on powerful female leaders and matriarchies in the animal kingdom, assembled for a discussion following a Sunday afternoon screening in Los Angeles. As part of our screening series, Wildstar Films CEO and executive producer Vanessa Berlowitz, showrunner and writer Chloe Sarosh, director of photography Sophie Darlington, director and producer Faith Musembi and composer Morgan Kibby were joined by The Wrap’s Raquel Harris, who moderated the 25-minute conversation. The “Queens” team shared stories about how the project came to be, being part of a women-led production and what the series says about female power in society.