Miss Juneteenth
Playing familiar melodramatic chords in a new and interesting way, the film contains engaging and heartbreaking performances.
Miss Juneteenth
Turquoise Jones is a single mom who holds down a household, a rebellious teenager, and pretty much everything that goes down at Wayman's BBQ & Lounge. Turquoise is also a bona fide beauty queen--she was once crowned Miss Juneteenth, a title commemorating the day slaves in Texas were freed--two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Life didn't turn out as beautifully as the title promised, but Turquoise, determined to right her wrongs, is cultivating her daughter, Kai, to become Miss Juneteenth, even if Kai wants something else.
Genre
Black History Month,
Drama,
Awards Season
Web Site
Runtime
99
Language
English
Director
Channing Godfrey Peoples
FEATURED REVIEW
John Fink, Film Stage
A unique and authentic film that captures African American life in deep in heart of Fort Worth, Texas, Channing Godfrey People’s Miss Juneteenth is a warm and wise picture that traces a fractured mother-daughter relationship against the backdrop of an annual pageant. The film veers into familiar ...
Played at
Laemmle Virtual Cinema 6.19.20 - 7.16.20
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