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.
Hierarchy (2009)
A group of Californians experience loss, despair and desperation over the course of seven days before Christmas. A boxing underdog must face the truth about his uncertain future, a blocked novelist struggles to create a new work admist a suspicious movie proposal, and an engineer with a secret must sell his business plans before it puts his marriage and career in serious jeopardy. With a self-imposed, mounting pressure, their actions and decisions push them deeper into a void of self-doubt and misery leading to one last hope to start fresh again.
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A group of Californians experience loss, despair and desperation over the course of seven days before Christmas. A boxing underdog must face the truth about his uncertain future, a blocked novelist struggles to create a new work admist a suspicious movie proposal, and an engineer with a secret must sell his business plans before it puts his marriage and career in serious jeopardy. With a self-imposed, mounting pressure, their actions and decisions push them deeper into a void of self-doubt and misery leading to one last hope to start fresh again.
Rating:NR
Genre:Drama
Written By:Michael Fredianelli
In Theaters:3/13/2009
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Runtime:125 minutes
Studio:
Cast
Michael Fredianelli
Director
Anthony Spears
Roy Hudgins
Maggie VandenBerghe
Jill Hudgins
Brian Gallegos
Greg Hudgins
Ronald Kaplan
Huntington Hudgins
Michael Fredianelli
Jeff Carrow
Lillie Morrisson
Faye Carrow
Eric Andersen
Sean Ireland
Monika Mercedes
Pam Russell
Yong-Sung Leal
Nick Williams
Catherine David
Cathy Hudgins
James Soderborg
Rick
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