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.

Teenape and Bubbles partner up with a busty elf to help find the kidnapped Santa Claus, and the turgid and squishy misadventures they get in along the way.
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
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