The Burden of History and the Phenomenal Women of “Miss Juneteenth”
A complex, realistic, and loving mother-daughter relationship is at the heart of this story about Black pageants and the fight for a better future.

In the life of Ivan Semenov — an indefatigable visionary and an irrepressible prankster — a new trouble. His school sweetheart, Tanya, whose friendship he sought, is going to study abroad. Ivan, trying to stop her departure, goes to all sorts of tricks: bribing her parents, proposing marriage, and even kidnapping! But as a result, he achieves only one thing — he is forbidden to approach her. Now only a miracle will help Ivan to stop the move of his beloved! And this miracle is a Shaman who fulfills any desires.
A complex, realistic, and loving mother-daughter relationship is at the heart of this story about Black pageants and the fight for a better future.
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