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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.
Jon Kent and Conner Kent are on parallel journeys to embrace the fullness of their identities, negotiate their relationships with their parents, and lean forward into their destinies. Jon struggles with the discomfort of nurture, the principles of his upbringing, and carrying the masculine legacy of Superman on his shoulders. Conner struggles with the pull of nature, that is, his genetic link to and traits of both Clark Kent and Lex Luthor. Along the way, they will find community and grow in their understanding of sexuality, masculinity, and the need for healthy love and community. They will learn how to reconcile with, or reject, the legacies of those who have come before them, who try to exert influence over them. While they walk different paths, they maintain a brotherly bond that will be tested and stretched to its limit. Will they forge a new way forward, to exist in and navigate the world, or will their tension tear it apart? Each episode focuses on either Jon or Conner's story, though they will eventually intersect.
