Channing Godfrey Peoples is a writer and director from Fort Worth, Texas. Her debut feature film, Miss Juneteenth, revolves around a former beauty queen who holds down a household, while prepping her rebellious teen daughter Kai to become a beauty queen—even if Kai wants something else. Peoples was mentored by innovative filmmaker Charles Burnett and previously wrote for the OWN drama series Queen Sugar.
Channing Godfrey Peoples
Fort Worth, Texas
Films
Miss Juneteenth
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(2020)
A former beauty queen and single mom (Nicole Beharie) prepares her rebellious teenage daughter for the Miss Juneteenth pageant.