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Pharrell Williams ‘developing musical about Juneteenth’ as he calls for US national holiday

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19.06.2020 - 17:25

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Deadline reports that Williams and Black-ish creator Kenya Barris are in talks with Netflix to creator a feature-length musical telling the story.The pair are reportedly still at very early stages on the project but we’re already excited to see what they’ll create together.Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 that Major General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced the end of the Civil War and the end of slavery.There have always been calls to make the date a holiday across all states in the USA, but with the spotlight being on Black Lives Matter in the wake of George Floyd’s death, several stars have shown their support for it finally being made official.In Williams’ home state Virginia, he joined Governor Northam to.

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