<b>J Jagannath:</b> Coming of age

Jenkins made a movie with such cool intelligence and sorrow that it's beyond pulchritudinous belief

Identity politics” is the natural habitat of Barry Jenkins. His debut film, Medicine for Melancholy, was the most anti-date movie I ever watched, but it still evoked the vibes of a Before Sunrise. After a one-night stand, a black couple in San Francisco visits the Museum of the African Diaspora, runs into an affordable housing coalition meeting.

It took nearly eight years for Jenkins to make his sophomore film but it’s well worth the wait. Moonlight got eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Set in the projects of Miami, this marvellous drama about rage