A joyful observation of Black lives, timely in this moment of global protest against racial injustice.

Carl Jung's claim that the greatest burden a child must bear is the unlived life of its parents is rigorously tested, and validated, by this perfectly formed heartbreaker from the debut director Channing Godfrey Peoples.

The film buzzes with life and sincere feeling. The performances resonate like a struck bell. But a few too many questions are left unasked.

Miss Juneteenth is both an intimate illustration of a mother’s love and a much-needed education on the struggles facing the working-class Black community in the modern US.