Barry Jenkins
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Why Barry Jenkins decided to direct ‘The Lion King 2’
Barry Jenkins says that even he didn't think that he would direct The Lion King 2, but then was bowled over by the script.
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'The Lion King' to get a sequel from 'Moonlight' director Barry Jenkins
Barry Jenkins, the Oscar-winning director of Moonlight, is to board a sequel to Disney's 2019 remake of The Lion King.
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Should you read 'If Beale Street Could Talk' before seeing the film? The stars have their say (exclusive)
Stephan James and Kiki Layne discuss the Barry Jenkins-directed film.
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Why Naomie Harris Asked Child Actor to Leave Set During 'Moonlight' Outburst Scene
Naomie Harris had vowed never to play a crack addict, but it was a vow she had to break when she received the script for Barry Jenkins’s coming-of-age drama Moonlight. The decision has worked out well for the amiable 40-year-old English actress best known for 28 Days Later and the Daniel Craig Bond movies. Harris has received the best reviews of her career for the acclaimed film, along with her first Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award nominations, and a probable Oscar nod on the horizo
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Meet Barry Jenkins, the Maverick Filmmaker Behind the Acclaimed New Indie 'Moonlight'
There’s a lot of talented people behind Moonlight, the riveting new drama about a young man’s coming to terms with his sexuality as he comes of age in inner-city Miami. There’s Tarell Alvin McCraney, the playwright whose work the film is based on.
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The Cast and Director of 'Moonlight' on Rejecting Easy Labels for the Love Story
Barry Jenkins has heard the comparisons. He’s heard his film called “Black Brokeback Boyz N the Hood,” as he put it. But Moonlight, Jenkins and his cast noted at the movie’s recent Los Angeles press day (watch above), should stand on its own merits, even if it faces some of the oversimplified labels as the so-called “gay cowboy” movie Brokeback Mountain 11 years ago.