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.

The third night of New Japan Cup 2018 took place on March 11, 2018 at Amagasaki Memorial Park Gymnasium in Hyogo, Japan, and featured two first-round matches.
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
People are so much deeper and far more extraordinary than what gender they were assigned at birth.
At first glance, Black as Night is a strange title choice for a film about vampirism in post-Katrina New Orleans. However, the title alludes to the world's anti-black and colorist messages.
Stevan Lee Mraovitch’s film is a beautiful tribute to family, found family, and the lengths people will go to support their loved ones.
White audiences saw Peola’s mixed-race passing as a Black woman’s struggle to be white. Black audiences saw it as the rebellion of a Black woman trying to gain privileges only given to white people.