Barry Jenkins Movies

The life story of acclaimed American choreographer Alvin Ailey.

When Reagan, a fifteen-year-old sex worker, leaves her East Oakland group home, she is forced to redefine the concept of family in an unfamiliar...

In the middle of a quiet but restless night, Hazel and her father Mackie find themselves confined to their respective corners of their Bronx...

On his first day out in the world after being released from a 5250 (the police code for a mental health arrest), Stanley is beset by troubles at...

Love knows no borders in this stylish snapshot of interracial coupledom. Two Brooklyn photographers (she, African-American; he, Chinese-American)...

Aadid tells us his life in seven minutes. He's an Arabic-speaking young man working the night shift at a laundromat and dry cleaners somewhere in the...

Struggling to connect with her grieving family after the sudden death of her stepfather, a teenager sneaks off to shoot guns in rural Florida with...

A feature adaptation of the 2014 Oscar-nominated documentary VIRUNGA.

On October 2nd, 1977 Dusty Baker hit his 30th homerun of the season. As Baker rounded the bases, an excited rookie named Glenn Burke met him at home...

Another Young Couple — borne out of a camera test for If Beale Street Could Talk, James and I asked my friends Essence and Jihaari, newly...

The story of a young girl and her fleeting relationship with a scoundrel.

Oakland, California's "boxing gym of champions" is showcased here, its historic walls lined with posters for matches boasting past regulars from...

An adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s first book.

Its single hand-held shot lends both immediacy of viewpoint and a floating unreality to a young woman's visit to a Seattle convenience store,...