premiered at January’s Sundance Film Festival, I can imagine she had no idea how significant the title and subject matter of her first movie would be by the time it was released on June 19, the holiday named in honor of the day in 1865 when slaves in Texas finally were freed more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a cause for celebration, and so is this quietly effective drama.
Meanwhile, Turquoise must deal with her deeply religious but alcoholic mother ; Ronnie , who is Kai’s father and a sometimes presence that Turquoise can’t seem to quit but would like to; Bacon , the good man who likes her and is her boss at the funeral home where she tends to making up dead people for their burial; and Betty Ray , who owns the BBQ restaurant that serves as Turquoise’s second job as she just tries to pay her bills and make ends meet in this economically undernourished Texas town.
It is a relatively simple story, unassuming but truthful and recognizable. The actors fit the bill perfectly, but it is first and foremost a real showcase for the deep talents of Beharie , who beautifully and with great understatement inhabits this role and makes us root for the happiness of a woman who peaked at Miss Juneteenth but never got to reap the benefits. She wants the best for Kai but perhaps doesn’t realize that thewould be to let her daughter follow her own path and not try to relive her mother’s. Sampson is excellent as something of a disappointing dad; he might want to marry Turquoise, but their time has come and gone.
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