As Juneteenth approaches, these screen offerings will immerse you in Black celebration

NEW YORK — The Juneteenth national holiday marks the joyful time when enslaved people in Texas, who had no idea slavery had ended, received word that they were free. It is a time to remember Black people’s continual fight for freedom and civil rights in the United States. So far in 2024, there have been several new documentaries and history-based dramas about Black people involved in civil rights and similar justice. One of these history-based dramas is Netflix’s “Shirley,” a biopic starring Regina King as the barrier-breaking politician Shirley Chisholm. King, who is also a producer of “Shirley,” commented in the movie’s production notes that she hopes the late Chisholm would have approved of the movie: “I hope that she would embrace it. I hope that she would understand that the reason for doing it was to honor her and also just to hopefully teach people who did not realize that there was this little Bajan, Brooklyn-born woman who inspired so many to move beyond their comfort zones, to move beyond what life presents.” King added, “So often we only do things because we’ve seen someone else do it. That’s what lets us know that it’s possible, as opposed to...