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.

A documentary about the life choices of seven men and one woman who left their home countries and moved to Yugoslavia at the time of the non-aligned movement. In Slovenia, they started new lives, had families and made careers. Coming from different cultures, there are two traits they share: determination and persistence. In their personal accounts, they speak of their experience and share their memories of the time since their arrival.
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ is preoccupied with plot and not on the greater struggle of the Osage.
Overall, Matthias & Maxime doesn't reinvent this romantic concept. But it also doesn't need to. Dolan weaves a story of love, friendship, and life that is both realistic and bittersweet. The film is nuanced and sensual in a way we don't get to see often with LGBTQ characters. It's a film that we can celebrate.
The Brazilian filmmaker Alexandre Alonso’s Hunter is a film with a lot of ideas, but with very little holding those ideas together.
Soul takes intangible concepts like self and personality and makes them completely palpable and simple to digest.
The more we learned with each passing minute the bigger the reveal. This film ends with a serious bang and it was truly a joy to watch.