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Friday
Jun192020

Watch "Miss Juneteenth"

Happy Juneteenth, everyone! You may recall that before the world shut down film festivals existed and at Sundance back in January the indie film Miss Juneteeth had its premiere. The mother daughter drama about a former beauty queen and an upcoming 'Miss Juneteenth' pageant has been a major critical success for first time feature filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples. 

Here's what Murtada had to say about its lead actress Nicole Beharie (Shame, Sleepy Hollow)...

Beharie commands the screen with a naturally quiet disposition and the film flows to her rhythm. Sometimes slowing down completely as Turquoise halts to take on another day and challenge and Beharie shows us that with small reticent gestures. It’s the kind of performance - and film - that you need to let seep into you, settle in and wash away leaving you nourished with palpable emotions. 

You can read Murtada's full Sundance review here. Miss Juneteenth is now available digitally and on demand and you can support your local indie theater while watching it.

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Reader Comments (6)

Already ordered it on Amazon, will be watching it later today. I've been a fan of Nicole Beharie since American Violet and it's so great to see her in a starring role. Hollywood should be knocking down her door!

June 19, 2020 | Unregistered Commenterthefilmjunkie

Nicole Beharie glad to see her again.a strong under utilized actress.

June 19, 2020 | Unregistered Commentermarkgordonuk

I'm looking forward to this one as well.

Another option for viewing is screening through the portal of your local independent movie theater (or one nearby that you like- it doesn't have to be truly "local"). They end up with like 50% of the ticket cost... so your $ can support small theaters during these hard times.

local example:
https://www.roxie.com/

June 19, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterSFOTroy

Here’s a link to all the indie theaters showing it. From the film’s twitter:

https://twitter.com/juneteenthmovie/status/1273104632278065155?s=21

June 19, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterSFOTroy

oh shit.. i just noticed that I posted the same link that Nathaniel himself embedded in the story.
so *embarrassed*

but the movie itself was lovely! Just finished it. I loved that the director put all the *names* of the extras in the credits.

June 19, 2020 | Unregistered CommenterSFOTroy

Nobody at TFE is writing about Gena's 90th birthday?

June 20, 2020 | Unregistered Commentercal roth
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