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.
La noche de Iguala
On September 26th in the city of Iguala, Guerrero, a group of students from the Normal School "Raúl Isidro Burgos" in Ayotzinapa are protagonists of one of the cruelest manifestations of violence, where Mayor Jose Luis Abarca, the municipal police and two drug cartels are the main suspects.
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On September 26th in the city of Iguala, Guerrero, a group of students from the Normal School "Raúl Isidro Burgos" in Ayotzinapa are protagonists of one of the cruelest manifestations of violence, where Mayor Jose Luis Abarca, the municipal police and two drug cartels are the main suspects.
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Written By:Jorge Fernández Menéndez
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