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Miss Juneteenth review – inspiring tale of a beauty-pageant mother’s dreams – The Guardian
In a story steeped in pride for Black Texan culture, a struggling single mom hopes her daughter will repeat the success she once had as a beauty queen
This debut feature from Channing Godfrey Peoples is lit with pride for Black Texan culture: the BBQ, the beauty pageants, historic black colleges and Juneteenth itself. This is the annual 19 June holiday commemorating the day in 1865, when enslaved black people in Texas were liberated, two and a half years after President Abraham Lincolns Emancipation Proclamation had outlawed slavery.
Nicole Beharie (Shame, Little Fires Everywhere) stars as Miss Juneteenth 2004 otherwise known as Turquoise Tu…
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