“ Miss Juneteenth ” filmmaker Channing Godfrey Peoples is getting support to develop her second feature film as part of a month-long residency from Neon and filmmaker support organization UFO . Peoples is the inaugural recipient of the Neon x UFO Second Feature Development Residency, in which she will spend a month in a living and work space developing her next feature. During her time in residence, Peoples will continue developing the script and participate in curated meetings with industry professionals facilitated by Neon and UFO.
The program also includes a screening of “Miss Juneteenth,” Peoples’ debut feature that premiered at Sundance in 2020, followed by a conversation with Peoples as moderated by UFO. Peoples was “selected for her exceptional vision and storytelling,” per the press statement. Peoples is already set to direct the upcoming Otis Redding film, “Otis & Zelma,” starring John Boyega and Danielle Deadwyler, but the residency will go towards the development of her next film as a screenwriter, which will be just her second original screenplay.
Designed with an emphasis on supporting underrepresented filmmakers and stories, the Neon x UFO Second Feature Development Residency centers on filmmakers who have yet to direct a second feature in the years following the release of their promising independent feature debut. Filmmakers are selected through an invite-only application process. In collaboration with Neon, UFO identified filmmakers whose fi.