This Thursday was Juneteenth, but celebrations marking the historic day, established as a federal holiday four years ago, continue throughout the weekend — and you can honor the meaningful occasion right from home with a stream. 

Juneteenth marks the true end of slavery in the United States, when news of the official abolition order finally reached far-off Texas in 1865, more than two years after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. Commemorate the 160th anniversary of this essential piece of history with a drama taking place amid modern-day Juneteenth celebrations, a pair of documentaries examining that moment in time and its continued reverberations today, or a groundbreaking comedy that changed the TV landscape. Happy streaming!

But first, what’s new on Netflix?

Something to cheer about. Season 2 of America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders sees a fresh lineup of talented dancers try to score a spot on the iconic squad. Not in formation for that one? Dive into The Waterfront, a new drama from Dawson’s Creek creator Kevin Williamson about a family in coastal North Carolina who are trying to save their crumbling fishing empire and protect their legacy — and will go to desperate measures to do so. Not the catch for you? Take a bite out of Somebody Feed Phil: Season 8 of the foodie travel series is now being served, with host Phil Rosenthal stamping his passport (and sampling the cuisine) in Amsterdam, the Philippines, and elsewhere.  

If you have just a night … 

Claim your crown. In Channing Godfrey Peoples’ acclaimed 2020 drama Miss Juneteenth, a beauty pageant provides the perfect stage for the endlessly intertwining histories of a woman, a family, a community, and a country. Nicole Beharie stars in the thoughtful indie as Turquoise Jones, a onetime winner of the Miss Juneteenth pageant in Fort Worth, Texas, in which the top prize is a scholarship to an HBCU. Years after her own victory, as Turquoise tries to prepare her teenage daughter (Alexis Chikaeze) to compete for the same title, the experience brings her closer to many truths, both painful and beautiful, about her own life.  

If you have a whole day … 

Hit the books — so to speak. Two documentaries will immerse you in some of the history surrounding Juneteenth — and how issues around race and equality in the United States have continued to evolve since the start of abolition. Ava DuVernay’s Oscar-nominated, Emmy-winning 2016 film 13th takes its name from the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished involuntary servitude in the US except as punishment for convicted criminals. DuVernay’s film explains how that distinction enabled the prison–industrial complex, tracing how mass incarceration, which disproportionately affects people of color, grew directly out of slavery. Continue with the 14th Amendment, which redefined citizenship to include formerly enslaved people. The enormously consequential legislation gets its own star-studded docuseries with 2021’s Amend: The Fight for America (hosted by Will Smith), which chronicles the ratification of the amendment and the ways it shaped the evolving struggles for equality for generations to come. 

If you have the entire weekend … 

Let yourself feel a little Insecure. Created by Issa Rae and Larry Wilmore, the beloved HBO dramedy (which originally aired from 2016–2021) presents a depiction of the experience of modern Black women that’s candid, hilarious, and unlike any that came before it on television. Developed from Rae’s web series Awkward Black Girl, the show stars Rae and Yvonne Orji as two best friends in their late 20s in Los Angeles, where they navigate the many ups and downs of their romantic and professional lives, leaning on each other along the way. The show won’t be streaming for much longer, so catch it now. 

Don’t forget, you have one last chance … 

For an extraordinary heartbreak. The 2016 Filipino drama Ordinary People, written and directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Eduardo W. Roy Jr., follows two impoverished teenagers (Hasmine Kilip and Ronwaldo Martin) living on the streets in Manila, Philippines, surviving by pickpocketing. When their 1-month-old child is kidnapped, they embark on a desperate search to find him. Watch it before next week, when the film will disappear from Netflix.