Quintessential Directors: Barry Jenkins
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.

After a botched suicide attempt Sam Hoffman finds herself trapped in an evil insane asylum
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
The quiet ache of guilt sitting at the dinner table, the silence after a truth is buried, and the way pain is passed down like a name.
Anna May Wong was a talented actress and a fashion icon and still had to fight for everything she had due to hatred and racism.
Mulan had to struggle to feel like herself and see herself properly. Some of us have to strive to have our reflection mimic what’s inside. We have to crawl. We have to fight.
Outer Banks (2020-) knows its audience: young adults in a country that can’t stop romanticizing good ole’ treasure hunts. Add a little of Riverdale’s (2017-) sex appeal, and no one can look away. Forty years after The Goonies (1985) America’s consciousness hasn’t strayed from the same tropes: treasure hunts, a vulnerable white male lead, and the whitewashing of a racially segregated setting.
The makings of a great midseason filler episode that would connect in many different directions. This is a police drama filler with a guest director.