Miss Juneteenth

Miss Juneteenth (2020)

Turquoise, a former beauty queen turned hardworking single mother, prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the “Miss Juneteenth” pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she did.

Date of release
2020-09-25
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (39)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama
Director
Channing Godfrey Peoples

Casting

Interesting facts

Miss Juneteenth is a 2020 American drama film written and directed by Channing Godfrey Peoples and starring Nicole Beharie, Kendrick Sampson, and Alexis Chikaeze. The plot follows a single mom and former teen beauty queen who enters her daughter into the local Miss Juneteenth pageant. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2020, and was released via video on demand on June 19, 2020, coinciding with the 155th anniversary of the historically Black holiday which originated in the south eastern United States.

Production

Miss Juneteenth is director Channing Godfrey Peoples' first feature film. She was raised celebrating Juneteenth and attending Miss Juneteenth pageants.

The film marked the return of Nicole Beharie in a starring role, who appeared in few productions after her abrupt departure from Fox series Sleepy Hollow. Beharie discussed being blacklisted after requesting accommodations for an autoimmune disease she developed during the production of the show.

The director of photography was Daniel Patterson, the production designer was Olivia Peebles, and Rachel Dainer-Best was the costume designer. Filming took place during July and August 2019 in Fort Worth, Texas.

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