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 woman, exhausted by the question "When will you have a baby?", finally manages to get pregnant after four years of marriage, and the whole family eagerly awaits the long-awaited child. However, it soon turns out that there was a mistake, and she is still not pregnant.
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
'The Lost Daughter' doesn't paint over the choices Leda and Nina make as mothers as right or wrong but examines the messy in-between.
Seeing that the film was essentially his first big, mainstream feature, and with garnering a leading role — portraying the revolutionary ball-player Jackie Robinson — Boseman, without question, delivered a performance that is still so incredibly moving, respectful, genuine, and true to the core of his obviously sincere, artistic heart; and with that, it is indeed so saddening to see him pass.
Gritty and bleak are the best words to describe this film. There’s nothing happy about it.