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Chloe Zhao and Barry Jenkins Discuss Authenticity, World-Building and Working on Billion-Dollar Disney IP

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Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterFilmmakers Chloe Zhao and Barry Jenkins met as many indie directors do — hiding in the corner of a film festival party as their heroes and other luminaries schmoozed.

It was in 2017 in Telluride, when Jenkins returned to the festival for which he used to work with a Best Picture Oscar for “Moonlight.” There he saw Zhao’s sensational “The Rider.”Years later, both directors are solidified in a new wave of indie crossovers.

Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a sweeping look at a generation of van dwellers starring Frances McDormand, is one of this year’s Oscar frontrunners.

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