(CNN) Pixar is ready to make us all cry. Again.

The studio released the trailer for "Soul" on Thursday. And in addition to this being another film grappling with death and our collective mortality ("Coco," anyone?), it's also the first Pixar movie featuring a black lead.

Let that sink in. With 21 movies, not one features a black person at its center.

But the studio is changing that. "Soul" follows middle school band teacher Joe Gardner, voiced by Jamie Foxx, whose real passion is playing jazz. After Gardner falls into a manhole, he ends up in a mystical place — and he's just a soul.

Set to be released next June, the film is meant to explore the meaning of life and what it means to have a soul — big questions for what's supposed to be a kid's movie.

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