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.
Seven Veils (2025)
Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, has been given the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, she allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she re-enters the opera world after so many years away.
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Jeanine, an earnest theatre director, has been given the task of remounting her former mentor’s most famous work, the opera Salome. Haunted by dark and disturbing memories from her past, she allows her repressed trauma to color the present as she re-enters the opera world after so many years away.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Atom Egoyan
In Theaters:3/7/2025
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Runtime:107 minutes
Studio:XYZ Films, Elevation Pictures, Rhombus Media, Ego Film Arts, IPR.VC, Cinetic Media, Crave, Canadian Opera Company
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