Barry Jenkins Talks Film Fest 2021

September 2, 2021

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By Matt Hoisch

Barry Jenkins. Picture by Matt Hoisch.

Barry Jenkins. Picture by Matt Hoisch.

Barry Jenkins is an Academy Award-winning filmmaker whose works include Moonlight as well as If Beale Street Could Talk. Most recently he directed a television adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel The Underground Railroad. And he is the guest director of the 2021 Telluride Film Festival. KOTO spoke to Jenkins about this year’s festival and his history with Telluride.

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