Deadline provided the film’s synopsis:

Soul, directed by Pete Docter and Kemp Powers, follows an aspiring musician who gets the break of a lifetime, but through a twist of cosmic forces, finds himself transported out of his body and in the place where souls are created. With the help of a new soul there, he must find his way back to his body on Earth, while she learns a lot more about what living on Earth is all about.

With its debut, Soul was set to make history as the first film by the successful computer animation studio to feature a black lead character. Plus, the film features the black-ass voices of Jamie Foxx, Phylicia Rashad, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Angela Bassett and Daveed Diggs, hence why the original Juneteenth release was impactful.

Along with the character news being a big deal, the upcoming film’s co-director is a black man, so there is representation behind the camera in a lead role, as well.

“I was born and raised in New York,” Powers said in a press release once the teaser trailer was released in November 2019. “This is the first time Pixar has gone to my hometown and I’ve been so impressed by the amount of energy that goes into making sure that everything is right. When the character’s in Queens, it looks like he’s in Queens. When he’s in Manhattan, it looks like he’s in Manhattan. It’s pretty incredible.”

Soul will be joining other tentpole films that have suffered delayed releases, including Mulan, Wonder Woman 1984 and No Time to Die.