Filmmaker Barry Jenkins joins Jemele to discuss his groundbreaking new television series, The Underground Railroad, how the success of his Oscar-winning movie Moonlight changed his life, and what it’s been like seeing the careers of actors he’s worked with — such as Regina King (If Beale Street Could Talk) and Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight) — continue to ascend. Barry and Jemele also debate if Die Hard is a Christmas movie, and Jemele offers thoughts on whether men and women can be platonic friends.

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