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Barry Jenkins Talks About Finding The Humanity Amidst The Trauma In ‘The Underground Railroad’

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The director of “Moonlight” is ready to debut his groundbreaking new limited series. In a new interview with Vanity Fair, Barry Jenkins talks about bringing author Colson Whitehead’s novel The Underground Railroad to TV screens.

The director explains that traditionally, funding structures in Hollywood mean stories “have to be centred on the white gaze or the white characters,” but he says that is not the case with “The Underground Railroad”.

RELATED: Full Trailer, Release Date Unveiled For Barry Jenkins’ Upcoming Series ‘The Underground Railroad’ In deciding whether to let Jenkins adapt his novel, Whitehead asked if there were any movies about slavery that inspired his take on the material. “Slave movies?

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