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Barry Jenkins (born November 19, 1979) is an American filmmaker. After making his filmmaking debut with the short film My Josephine (2003), he directed his first feature film, Medicine for Melancholy (2008), for which he received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Feature. He is also a creative collaborator and a member of The Chopstars collective. Following an eight-year hiatus from feature filmmaking, Jenkins directed and co-wrote the LGBTQ-themed independent drama Moonlight (2016), which won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Jenkins received an Oscar nomination for Best Director and jointly won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with Tarell Alvin McCraney. He became the fourth Black person nominated for Best Director and the second to direct a Best Picture winner. He released his third directorial feature If Beale Street Could Talk 2018, to critical praise and earned nominations for his screenplay at the Academy Awards and Golden Globes. He is also known for his work in television. In 2017, Jenkins directed "Chapter V" of the Netflix series Dear White People. In 2021, he created and directed the Amazon Video limited series The Underground Railroad, based on the novel of the same name. The series received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie nomination and won a Peabody Award. In 2017, Jenkins was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Barry Jenkins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Mantle: The Yankee Legend is a gripping biopic miniseries that delves into the life of one of the greatest baseball players in history, Mickey Mantle. Set against the backdrop of 1950s and 1960s America, this series charts the rise and fall of the "Commerce Comet"—from his humble beginnings in rural Oklahoma to becoming a baseball icon with the New York Yankees. This miniseries offers a deep, multi-layered exploration of Mickey Mantle's journey both on and off the field. It covers his record-breaking career, his tragic personal battles with addiction, his complex family life, and the pressures of being a larger-than-life figure in a time when fame and fortune often came with immense personal sacrifice. The series will spotlight his relationships with legendary figures like Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, and Babe Ruth, while also shedding light on his struggles with the media, injuries, and the constant drive to live up to his own myth. The show will explore themes of ambition, the price of greatness, and the pursuit of redemption. Mantle: The Yankee Legend will be a vivid portrayal of a man whose brilliance on the baseball diamond was matched only by the darkness he faced behind closed doors.
