Barry Jenkins Archives - Harlem World Magazine

Harlem’s Alicia Keys Producer Of Barry Jenkins Directed Fox Searchlight Film Alvin Ailey

Fox Searchlight has just announced that Harlem's Alicia Keys and others will Produce and Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk) will direct its untitled film based on the life and work of Alvin Ailey.Continue reading

‘Moonlight’ Wins Best Picture at Oscars

With a bit of a dramatic ending, Moonlight concluded the awards season last night with three Oscar statues at the 89th Academy Awards. Continue reading

Alvin Ailey’s Film Short Pays Homage To Director Barry Jenkin’s “Moonlight”

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater announces Moonlight x Ailey, a new dance film short choreographed by Artistic Director Robert Battle in a unique collaboration with Academy Award-winning composer Nicholas Britell. Continue reading

See The Timelessness Of “Moonlight” At JCC Harlem

A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, chronicling the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighborhood of Miami.Continue reading

“Moonlight,” The Story Of A Miami, That Feels Like Harlem, Oakland, Bed-Stuy, Watts …. (Video)

"Moonlight," is a three-part narrative spanning the childhood, adolescence, and adulthood of an African-American man who survives Miami's (or Harlem's) drug-plagued inner city, finding love in unexpected places and the possibility of change within himself.Continue reading

Atlanta: Janelle Monae, Jidenna And More Support ‘MOONLIGHT’

Yesterday, A24 Films partnered with the Cinema, Television, & Emerging Media Studies Program of Morehouse College (CTEMS) to bring the cast of MOONLIGHT to campus. Students enjoyed a private screening with a Q&A session moderated by Professor Stephane Dunn. Continue reading

HW Pick: “MOONLIGHT,” Starring Naomie Harris, Andre Holland, Janelle Monae (Video)

MOONLIGHT is the tender, timeless heartbreaking story of a young man's struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.Continue reading