Barry Jenkins
b'One of Hollywood\\u2019s most dazzling young directors, Barry Jenkins burst to notoriety with his 2016 film Moonlight, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. It was only his second feature film. Now the 39-year-old director returns with a new film that is already receiving Oscar-buzz. Adapted from the James Baldwin novel, If Beale Street Could Talk is a powerful, beautiful story of love and injustice. Here, Jenkins shares an insightful conversation with GQ\\u2019s Jim Nelson, discussing, among other things, Baldwin\\u2019s gift for storytelling, Jenkins\\u2019s creative routines, and the work he\\u2019s doing now to adapt Colson Whitehead\\u2019s novel The Underground Railroadfor the screen.'