Event Recording
Description
Please join SFFILM Makers for a filmmaker talk with the team behind Miss Juneteenth, writer/director Channing Godfrey Peoples and producer Neil Creque Williams (SFFILM Rainin and Westridge grantees), moderated by filmmaker Maya Perez (SFFILM Westridge grantee). This discussion will cover the creative storytelling process from script to screen, Juneteenth historical significance and current resonance, the film’s reception and impact, Sundance premiere, virtual release, and more. The film recently won the Louis Black “Lone Star” Award at SXSW 2020.
We are pleased to offer SFFILM members the opportunity to watch Miss Juneteenth for free — please register to receive more details.
About the film:
A poignant story of deferred dreams and a mother’s love, Miss Juneteenth tells the story of Turquoise Jones (Nicole Beharie), who pushes her daughter to compete in the titular African-American pageant that she herself won back in 2004. So intent on having her daughter fulfill the promise that she feels went unrealized in her own life, Turquoise loses sight of the fact that her child might have different goals. Firmly rooted in its Fort Worth, Texas, milieu, the film also presents one of the most believable mother-daughter relationships in recent years.
This event will be hosted by SFFILM’s Artist Development team, and is open to all SFFILM members. Not yet a member? Join today!
Attendees who RSVP for this event will be sent a link via email one day in advance to register for the online session, which will be conducted with Zoom. We recommend that you download and install Zoom on your computer or mobile device in advance, and set yourself up with a free account. Attendees will have a chance to participate in the Q&A by sending in questions privately to our moderator. Registration closes around one hour before the start of the event — be sure to register early!
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Channing Godfrey Peoples is a MFA graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts and one of Filmmaker magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film“ for 2018. As an African-American woman, her films are character-driven stories focusing on the resilience of the human spirit, often featuring Black women at a turning point in their lives. She is a Sundance Fellow, Austin Film Society Fellow, SFFILM Westridge grantee, and a King Family Foundation recipient, and has served as a Time Warner Artist-in-Residence. Her short film, Red, is a DGA Student Jury Award winner, among other honors. Peoples wrote two episodes on Season 3 of Queen Sugar (OWN). She also wrote and directed a short film, Doretha’s Blues, that was made possible by the support of Refinery 29 and Level Forward in their Shatterbox Anthology series. Most recently, her feature film debut, Miss Juneteenth, premiered in the US Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and won the Louis Black “Lone Star” Award at the 2020 SXSW Film Festival.