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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.
Barry Jenkins
Director
for Director in Trane: The Sound of Eternity
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From the smoky jazz clubs of Philadelphia to the spiritual mountaintops of global music history, "Trane: The Sound of Eternity" is a deeply evocative miniseries chronicling the life, genius, and enduring legacy of John Coltrane. This six-part series dives into the soul of a man who transformed modern music, transcending boundaries of jazz to create something eternal. Each episode is a symphonic journey through Coltrane’s life, interweaving the chaos of the 20th century with his personal struggles, relentless drive for innovation, and profound spiritual awakening. Audiences will follow his rise from a struggling saxophonist in the shadow of Charlie Parker, to his groundbreaking work with Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, and finally to his creation of monumental works like A Love Supreme, which became a spiritual and cultural touchstone.
