How a Suggestion From Ta-Nehisi Coates Inspired Barry Jenkins to Write ‘Moonlight’

During a recent event promoting ‘The Underground Railroad,’ the director thanked the author for pushing him to create the Oscar-winning film. On May 10, Amazon Prime Video in partnership with Film at Lincoln Center and the National Center for Civil and Human Rights hosted a private virtual event in support of the streamer’s new series The Underground Railroad. It featured Oscar winner Barry Jenkins and his … Continue reading How a Suggestion From Ta-Nehisi Coates Inspired Barry Jenkins to Write ‘Moonlight’

‘I Am so Damned Proud of My Ancestors’: Barry Jenkins Honors the Beauty of Black Survival in The Underground Railroad

I am definitely watching THIS! ~ V I’m very proud to be the descendent of blacksmiths and midwives and healers and herbalists. I am very damned proud of it. I’d rather be the descendent of those people, then the descendent of kings and queens. Kings and queens have subjects— subjects this means subjugation. I am so damned proud of my ancestors and I don’t think … Continue reading ‘I Am so Damned Proud of My Ancestors’: Barry Jenkins Honors the Beauty of Black Survival in The Underground Railroad