By Madison Brek
Barry Jenkins wrote and directed My Josephine in 2003 as a film student.
Barry Jenkins is a rule breaker. The Moonlight writer-director completely changed the game when his film took home best picture at last year’s Academy Awards. Moonlight is the first film with an all-black cast, as well as the first LGBT film to achieve this honor. This record-breaking feat would be impressive for anyone, but especially so for Jenkins; Moonlight is only his second feature-length film. His first was Medicine for Melancholy in 2008.
White men primarily make up the world of auteur filmmakers, creating films about straight white people. Seeing someone like Jenkins, who is breaking that mold, win prestigious awards is incredibly refreshing in an industry always in need of more diverse voices. The early work of these kinds of filmmakers can give us insight into their trajectory as an artist. Seeing the first film of a writer-director like Jenkins is a real treat.
My Josephine is an 8-minute short film written and directed by Jenkins in 2003. He was completing a BFA in film at Florida State University at the time. James Laxton, who is also the cinematographer of Moonlight and Medicine for Melancholy, shot the film.
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