will debut Friday on-demand on Juneteenth, the annual holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. “Miss Juneteenth” isn’t about that history but the contemporary African American struggle to remain in the middle class.
Turquise is juggling two jobs and a lot of regret, and Beharie imbues her life with strength and dignity.—“Disclosure”: Sam Feder’s documentary, premiering Friday on Netflix, surveys trans representation in film and TV.
It’s a history wrought with painful caricatures, cruel punchlines and dubious erasure. But it’s also a joyful, celebratory journey that chronicles the increasing presence of trans actors and filmmakers in Hollywood, and the difference they’re making for a larger trans community.