Barry Jenkins

All Movies of Barry Jenkins

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  6.0
  Mufasa: The Lion King
  Rafiki must pass on the legend of Mufasa to the young lion cub Kiara, daughter of Simba and Nala, with Timon and Pumba contributing their signature style. The story is told in flashbacks and features Mufasa as an orphaned cub, los...
  Director of the film

   2024

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  7.3
  The Underground Railroad (TV Series)
  The story is told in the third person, focusing mainly on Cora. Scattered single chapters also focus on Cora's mother Mabel, the slavecatcher Ridgeway, a reluctant slave sympathizer named Ethel, and Cora's fellow slave Caesar.
  Director of the film

   2021

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  7.1
  If Beale Street Could Talk
  Based on the novel by James Baldwin, “If Beale Street Could Talk” follows Tish, a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover’s innocence while carrying their unborn child. The movie is a celebr...
  Director of the film

   2018

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  7.0
  Dear White People (TV Series)
  At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.
  Director of the film

   2017

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  8.9
  Moonlight
  Moonlight tells the story of Chiron, a young man who comes of age during the War on Drugs era in Miami. Set in three different time periods as Chiron battles a deteriorating home life and deals with his dawning sexuality.
  Director of the film

   2016

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  7.5
  Medicine for Melancholy
  A love story of bikes and one-night stands told through two African-American twenty-somethings dealing with the conundrum of being a minority in a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco.
  Director of the film

   2008