‘Miss Juneteenth’ Film Review: Mother-Daughter Drama Packs a Quiet Punch

The timing couldn't be more fortuitous for the release of Mary Mazzio's uplifting documentary about the nation's first African American high school rowing team, which feels almost like a tonic for these troubled times. Narrated by Common and including NBA greats Grant Hill and Dwyane Wade among its executive producers, A Most Beautiful Thing, scheduled to open in theaters, powerfully demonstrates the healing potential of sports and the ways it can help bridge societal divides.

Maggie Lee Chief Asia Film CriticEye-popping action steals the show in “Lupin III: The First,” the first computer-animated feature entry in the classic franchise about the French gentleman thief and master of disguise.

Richard Kuipers There’s a bit of everything and most of it works in “Chasing Dream,” the first feature directed by Hong Kong ace Johnnie To since “Three” in 2016.

Prolific provocateur Onur Tukel, whose The Misogynists was among the first theatrical releases crippled by COVID-19 shutdowns, has a second feature ready just in time for the "we're reopening — oops, never mind" frustrations of July 2020.

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services.Jennifer Lopez. Singer, actress, pure fashion icon.

One of two offerings this year from Mexican filmmaker Gerardo Naranjo, Viena and the Fantomes looks to be the less likely to please fans of his much-admired 2011 Miss Bala (remade as a much-less-admired Gina Rodriguez vehicle last year): While his Mexico-set Kokoloko (a virtual Tribeca fest entry awaiting distribution) reportedly returns to tales of gang violence, Viena throws its heroine out on tour with a rock band as something between a roadie and a groupie.

Rob Kardashian, 33, couldn’t help but share one of the cutest moments he had with his precious daughter Dream, 3, on June 29! The loving dad showed off the tot confidently posing for the snapshot while brushing her teeth with a pink toothbrush and standing over a sink. She was wearing cute white pajamas that included a long-sleeved top and matching pants with blue, gray, and red fish and mermaids all over them.

Zack Ruskin Perhaps Haim wanted to be sure we’d really listen this time. Over the course of two records, the three Haim sisters — Danielle, Este, and Alana — have mainly been written about as a unit.

To make his feature documentary about the rise of the alt-right movement, Daniel Lombroso embedded himself and became friendly with three of its leading figures. For that, he deserves our sympathy.

The new film “Miss Juneteenth” was released on the 155th anniversary of the first Juneteenth, a holiday celebrating the delayed freedom of enslaved Black people in 1865.

Angelique Jackson Though Channing Godfrey Peoples’ directorial debut “Miss Juneteenth” is named for the holiday often called “Black Independence Day” or “Freedom Day,” the film is not a history lesson. At least not entirely.

What shoes are fit for an 89-year-old woman trekking nearly 1,400 miles from Fort Worth, Texas to Washington, D.C. to fight for Juneteenth, the day slavery ended in America, to be recognized as a national holiday?

Juneteenth first became recognized as a national holiday in 1980. But it’s been a part of the fabric of Texas culture well before that.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterOn June 19, 1865, slavery was abolished in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It is a benchmark in Black history and is more timely now than ever as it is a day to celebrate and champion Black voices.

Miss Juneteenth, the stunning SXSW award-winning debut of writer-director Channing Godfrey Peoples that's out now. But the pageant culture that is the focus of her movie gives Black girls a hint of the American dream—a shiny spectacle, prohibitively expensive to enter, and life-changing for just a few winners, the Miss Juneteenth pageant offers a patina of respectability at a high cost.

Taylor Swift has joined calls for Juneteenth, the date which marks the official end of slavery in the US, to be made a national holiday.

Black Lives Matter movement following the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and more (plus President Trump's hastily rescinded decision to hold a campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19), Juneteenth is in the national spotlight like never before.

exploitative freak shows.However, “Miss Juneteenth,” about a Texas scholarship competition for teen black women, brings the subgenre back to its emotional roots. It’s the most touching dramedy about young women battling over a sash since “Little Miss Sunshine.”It’s also the rare beauty contest film in which the main character doesn’t want to compete.

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Juneteenth is becoming an official holiday in more than one state.On Wednesday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that he would be making June 19 a holiday in his state. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam also announced Tuesday that Juneteenth — a day that commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.