And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. We shall see what happens on oscar night february 26th, what we already know is that Barry Jenkins is the first African American to have a film that he wrote and directed land in all three of the major oscar categories and should he take home the oscar statue as best director, he will be the first black director to do so in the history of the academy. The film captures what it feels like to be a poor black kid growing up in the projects of miami. It tells universal story through one mans personal struggles and before we commence our conversation with mr. Jenkins, heres a scene from moonlight featuring oscar nominee, naomi harris. Hey hey. Hey, baby, whered you go last night . What . Why . Im your mama, aint i . Why you aint just come home later, boy . You had me worried about you. I guess you getting grown. I cant be keeping up with you all the time. Anyway, baby, i aint seen since the funeral. Let yourself out
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. We shall see what happens on oscar night february 26th, what we already know is that Barry Jenkins is the first African American to have a film that he wrote and directed land in all three of the major oscar categories and should he take home the oscar statue as best director, he will be the first black director to do so in the history of the academy. The film captures what it feels like to be a poor black kid growing up in the projects of miami. It tells universal story through one mans personal struggles and before we commence our conversation with mr. Jenkins, heres a scene from moonlight featuring oscar nominee, naomi harris. Hey hey. Hey, baby, whered you go last night . What . Why . Im your mama, aint i . Why you aint just come home later, boy . You had me worried about you. I guess you getting grown. I cant be keeping up with you all the time. Anyway, baby, i aint seen since the funeral. Let yourself out
Well see plenty of first time nominees in high profile categories at Sundays Academy award ceremony. We start with a look at two of the first timers. First, best actress nominee rooung nega who turned in a beautiful performance as Mildred Loving in the Civil Rights Era drama loving. Well, interestingly enough, the genesis of our film was a documentary called the loving story that was made for hbo. And she had come across Mildred Lovings obituary in 2008. Thats how i first found out about it. And i went searching for more information about them. I was surprised at how relatively little could be found considering what they achieved. And so she discovered that there was footage from a contemporary documentary which never coalesced for some reason. And so she wrote this footage into a brilliant documentary. And when i was approached to audition for the film, they sent me. And absolutely fell in love with this couple. Absolutely. I challenge anybody to watch this documentary and not fall fo
Well see plenty of first time nominees in high profile categories at Sundays Academy award ceremony. We start with a look at two of the first timers. First, best actress nominee rooung nega who turned in a beautiful performance as Mildred Loving in the Civil Rights Era drama loving. Well, interestingly enough, the genesis of our film was a documentary called the loving story that was made for hbo. And she had come across Mildred Lovings obituary in 2008. Thats how i first found out about it. And i went searching for more information about them. I was surprised at how relatively little could be found considering what they achieved. And so she discovered that there was footage from a contemporary documentary which never coalesced for some reason. And so she wrote this footage into a brilliant documentary. And when i was approached to audition for the film, they sent me. And absolutely fell in love with this couple. Absolutely. I challenge anybody to watch this documentary and not fall fo
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