Barry Jenkins’ New Movie and the Future of Black Filmmaking

Before our conversation even begins, Barry Jenkins coughs up an apology. It’s the day before his latest film opens in theaters—If Beale Street Could Talk, an adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel—and he’s in Philadelphia on business. It’s just past 10am, and the last corners of the city are rousing from slumber. “It’s a …

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