Organised by Women in Film and Television (UK)
This is an event for all women working in the film and television industry and is open to WFTV members and non-members.
WFTV members, please log-in to your WFTV account and sign up via the Eventbrite link below the listing here.
Non-member tickets cost a nominal payment of £5 (plus VAT and Eventbrite fees). Please book your ticket via Eventbrite here.
Join WFTV for an interview with director Channing Godfrey Peoples about her feature film debut Miss Juneteenth.
In this event, host Tracy Forsyth will be speaking to the filmmaker about how growing up in Fort Worth Texas inspired the story, the significance of the Miss Juneteenth pageant which takes place annually on Juneteenth – a holiday in recognition of slaves in Texas being freed – and her experiences of making the film.
After the talk you will have opportunity to put your questions to Channing during the audience Q&A.
Turquoise Jones is a single mom who holds down a household, a rebellious teenager, and pretty much everything that goes down at Wayman’s BBQ & Lounge. Turquoise is also a bona fide beauty queen—she was once crowned Miss Juneteenth, a title commemorating the day slaves in Texas were freed – two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Life didn’t turn out as beautifully as the title promised, but Turquoise, determined to right her wrongs, is cultivating her daughter, Kai, to become Miss Juneteenth, even if Kai wants something else. Watch the trailer here.
Vertigo Entertainment have generously offered a number of screening codes exclusively to WFTV members for the opportunity to watch the film in advance of the Q&A. To receive a screening code, please login to your WFTV account and sign-up via Eventbrite link below this listing.
Speakers
Channing Godfrey Peoples, Director
Channing Godfrey Peoples is a Texas Native and MFA graduate of USC’s School of Cinematic Arts.
Her short film Red was shot in Fort Worth, which she wrote, directed and has screened in festivals domestically and internationally. Channing is an Austin Film Society Fellow, King Family Foundation Recipient, Semi-Finalist in the Academy Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship, Jury Award Winner for Directing at the Directors Guild of America Student Film Awards, Time Warner Fellow, Panavision New Filmmakers Grant Recipient and was named Best Director at Nevada International Film Festival. Recently, Miss Juneteenth was named a finalist in Francis Ford Coppola’s American Zoetrope Screenplay Competition and was an inaugural recipient of the SF FILM / Westridge Development grant.
Host, Tracy Forsyth, Executive Coach & Media Consultant, Walter & Wootze Ltd
As Creative Mentor to the Channel 4 Indie Growth Fund Advisory Board, Tracy advises a number of independent production companies on growth strategy, company USP and branding and how to maximise value of global IP.
Tracy is also the mentoring scheme producer for WFTV and creator and host of the innovative and immersive Yoga in the Boardroom.
Event Schedule:
17:55: Please join webinar
18:00-18:45: Host led Q&A
18:45-19:00: Audience Q&A
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