WIF | Channing Godfrey Peoples on Directing MISS JUNETEENTH
About this Video
The director of MISS JUNETEENTH, Channing Godfrey Peoples, in conversation with essayist, author, and activist Taiyon J Coleman. A selection for Sundance and SXSW with rave reviews, the film is Godfrey Peoples’ feature directorial debut. Don’t miss this chance to learn from her advancing career—and to celebrate this heartwarming film. This video is courtesy of Women in Film's Laptop Cinema Club.
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Founded in 1973 as Women In Film, Los Angeles, WIF advocates for and advances the careers of women working in the screen industries, to achieve parity and transform culture. We support women and non-binary people in front of and behind the camera and across all levels of experience. We work to change culture through our distinguished pipeline programs; we advocate for gender parity through research, education, and media campaigns; and we build a community centered around these goals. Membership is open to all screen industry professionals.
Channing Godfrey Peoples
Writer / Director
Channing Godfrey Peoples is a filmmaker from Fort Worth, Texas. She is an MFA graduate of the USC School of Cinematic Arts and one of Filmmaker magazine's 2018 “25 New Faces of Independent Film”. Her feature film debut, Miss Juneteenth, premiered in US Dramatic Competition at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was named National Board of Review’s Best Directorial Debut and Top 10 Independent Film of 2020. The film was also named in the 10 Best Movies for 2020 in Time Magazine and a New York Times Critic’s Pick. She is an alum of Sundance Institute Screenwriters Intensive and Directing Intensive. Channing is also an SFFILM Westridge Grant recipient and an Austin Film Society fellow. She is currently developing Miss Juneteenth into a television show under her first look deal with UCP.