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This is The Blueprint. A brand-new series where we shine a spotlight on the pioneering Black filmmakers who paved the way. The legends who told our stories against all odds, and laid the foundation for today’s creators to thrive.

Episode 9 — Barry Jenkins

With Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins gave cinema its most intimate and lyrical portraits of Black life. His films are poetry in motion.

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