Miss Juneteenth

a touching, intimate film about the relationship between a mother and a daughter, and that fine line between wanting the best for your children vs projecting your dreams onto them. a beautiful debut, and just lovely all around :')

Holli

single moms are SUPERHEROES

Sara Clements

“Mama, stop worrying about them. You look good.” I definitely wanted to check Miss Juneteenth out on Juneteenth! The movie did a good job of showing the differences between a mother (Nicole Beharie) and daughter's (Alexis Chikaeze) goals. I love checking out…

Allison M. 🌱

Channing Godfrey Peoples’ debut is a slice-of-life drama with beautiful performances from Nicole Beharie and Alexis Chikaeze. It’s a heartfelt depiction of a mother trying to relive her dreams through her young daughter, with Godfrey Peoples crafting a dynamic between the…

Jack

I tend to be one of those people who likes movies and television shows where some kind of holiday, object, or person is used as a device to tell a greater story. Rather than being the focal point of the story, Juneteenth pageant serves more as a backdrop for the story of a…

Rafael "Mister Movie" Jovine

Nicole Beharie is EVERYTHING A beautiful, quiet drama that captures working class beautifully. Excited to see Channing Godfrey People's career onwards and Alexis Chikaeze is a breakout star to come

Engwari

"I just want something for myself." A lovely, vibrant film that so beautifully meditates on the what it means to have good options and be truly free. The pageant isn't about beauty. The girls wear beautiful gowns and style themselves to be glamorous, but what it's really…

Jacob

you ever find yourself in the middle of watching a scene in a movie and exhaling, “damn...i truly love us”?

benton tarantella

Nicole Beharie should have to tell her agent to stop telling her about the people who want to hire her. Just a magnificent snapshot of the black south. Whew.

Paul