{"id":626,"date":"2020-10-23T11:19:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T11:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/?p=626"},"modified":"2020-10-23T06:20:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T06:20:16","slug":"highlighting-black-intellectuals-and-artists-around-the-world-barry-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/uncategorized\/highlighting-black-intellectuals-and-artists-around-the-world-barry-jenkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlighting Black Intellectuals and Artists Around the World: Barry Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"\nJoin us in celebrating amazing Black intellectuals and artists around the world! Today we are introducing Barry Jenkins, an American filmmaker.\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/1-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\nBarry Jenkins is a film director, writer, producer, and screenwriter. In 2016, he won the Academy Award for Best Picture for Moonlight as well as the Golden Globe Award. His screen adaptation of James Baldwin\u2019s novel If Beale Street Could Talk received critical acclaim and won a best-supporting actress award for Regina King at the 2019 89th Academy Awards.\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-1-1024x1024.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"629\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=629\" class=\"wp-image-629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-1-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"630\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=630\" class=\"wp-image-630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-1-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/kenner.dotsandspaces.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/2-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Learn more about Barry Jenkins on Instagram @BandryBarry and on Twitter @BarryJenkins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us in celebrating amazing Black intellectuals and artists around the world! 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