LIGHTING THE WAY
FROM A HARSH Miami housing project to a house in the Hollywood Hills, Barry Jenkins has come a long way. When his second feature, Moonlight, won three Oscars including Best Picture at the 2017 Academy Awards, it was an underdog triumph. A small coming-of-age story about a gay man battling prejudice and poverty, it wasn’t anyone’s idea of an Oscar-winner. Jenkins knew it. And showed it. This wasn’t a filmmaker who felt entitled. From the promotion to the podium, he just seemed exhilarated. He’d spent years with his filmmaking frustrated — writing screenplays that were never made, doing some work for the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, more curator than creator — and here he was: Hollywood at his feet. Now he’s enjoying the view, while trying to keep those feet on the ground.
“I moved from the densest neighbourhood in Los Angeles to the least-dense neighbourhood,” he tells . “And I get in my car, when we’re not on lockdown, and I try to find
