‘Mufasa’ and ‘The Fire Inside’ director Barry Jenkins does double duty at the box office
Oscar winner Barry Jenkins kicked off the new year the way he ended the old, with two films — “Mufasa: The Lion King” and ...
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Where did Barry Jenkins feel safe as a kid? Atop a tree
Barry Jenkins never set out to make movies ... to the limited series based on the Colson Whitehead book, The Underground Railroad. But that's the thing about art and movies in particular.
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Viola Davis: over the fences
Long fêted for her ability to steal scenes from co-stars, even in her fleeting early roles, Viola Davis has gone on to establish herself as one of the finest actors of her generation. Here she speaks ...
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‘Mufasa’ Cast Breakdown: See the Faces Behind All the Animals in ‘The Lion King’ Prequel Movie
The movie then flashes back to show how Mufasa (voiced by Jenkins’ “The Underground Railroad” star Aaron Pierre) went from an orphaned cub to king of the Pride Lands. Like its predecessor ...
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‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ Roars to Life in Global Box Office Debut
Produced on a reported budget of over $200 million, Mufasa is directed by the Oscar-winner Barry Jenkins ... ambitious Prime Video series The Underground Railroad. Mufasa is not only the most ...
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'Moonlight' director Barry Jenkins' next project is about the Underground Railroad
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‘Nickel Boys’ Awakens Black Cinema’s Time Revolution
RaMell Ross, A.V. Rockwell, Raven Jackson and Garrett Bradley are the new Black directors chronicling Black life at a ...
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How 3 indie directors kept it personal while shepherding big-budget films
With two major movies opening next month, filmmaker Barry Jenkins discusses ‘Mufasa,’ ‘The Fire Inside’ and bouncing back from near-catastrophe on ‘The Underground Railroad.’ ...