Films at the Farm: MISS JUNETEENTH

1110 North Firetower Road,Blythewood SC 29016

18 June, 2022

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We're celebrating Juneteenth with our screening of MISS JUNETEENTH, preceded by the S. Carolina premiere of TEN FIVE IN THE GRASS Gates open at 7:00 PM | Films begin at 7:30 PM Bring your own chairs and BYOB Wine available with donation. Exact address sent to all event registrants the day before event. MISS JUNETEENTH Directed by Channing Godfrey Peoples • 2020 • 93 min • United States With Nicole Beharie, Alexis Chikaeze, Kendrick Sampson, Akron Watson, and Liz Mikel Turquoise, a former beauty queen turned hard-working single mother, prepares her rebellious teenage daughter Kai for the local Ft. Worth, Texas “Miss Juneteenth” pageant, hoping to keep her from repeating the same mistakes in life that she did. Celebrating the intimate yet precarious line between wanting the best for your children and projecting your own unfulfilled dreams upon them, the power of Black womanhood (and sisterhood), and YES, the glory and brilliance of the Juneteenth holiday that celebrates Black Americans’ emancipation from slavery, Peoples’ directorial debut and Beharie’s return to leading lady status is a can’t miss. preceded by TEN FIVE IN THE GRASS Directed by Kevin Jerome Everson • 2012 • 32 min • United States A 16mm film ( transferred to digital, color) about Black cowgirls and cowboys preparing themselves for the rodeo event of calf roping. Filmed in Lafayette, Louisiana and Natchez, Mississippi, in the summer of 2011, the title refers to the type of rope used to capture fast calves. Miss Juneteenth is rated R with mild depictions of sex, profane language, and alcohol usage Produced by The Luminal Theater in partnership with Saloma Acres