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Barry Jenkins accepts the award for best director for &quot;If Beale Street Could Talk&quot; at the 34th Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

‘Beale Street’ tops Spirit Awards, Close wins best actress

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Barry Jenkins presents the chairman's award at the 30th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, in Palm Springs, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Barry Jenkins, ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ director, blasts Trump: ‘No walls. No borders. F—- him’

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

In this Nov. 30, 2018 photo, actor Stephan James, left, and KiKi Layne pose for a portrait in New York to promote their film &quot;If Beale street Could Talk.&quot;(Photo by Amy Sussman/Invision/AP)

In ‘Beale Street,’ a radiant portrait of young black love

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

This image released by Annapurna Pictures shows Stephan James, left, and KiKi Layne in a scene from &quot;If Beale Street Could Talk.&quot; (Tatum Mangus/Annapurna Pictures via AP)

Barry Jenkins premieres ‘Beale Street’ to tears and applause

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Jenkins to adapt James Baldwin for ‘Moonlight’ follow-up

Associated Press

FILE - This April 25, 2017 file photo shows Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins at the TIME 100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, in New York. Two months after his &quot;Moonlight&quot; pulled out a last-second best picture win at the Oscars, director Barry Jenkins says &quot;it's time to work.&quot; He said after the Oscars he spent a month in Mexico and went to the Mayan ruins. Now that he’s back, he’s due to start working on an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Underground Railroad” for Amazon. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

‘Moonlight’ director Barry Jenkins ready to return to work

By RYAN PEARSON - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, Barry Jenkins arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles. Jenkins will follow up his Oscar winning film with a drama series for Amazon based on Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad.” Amazon announced Monday, March 27, 2017, that it will develop the TV series, with Jenkins writing and directing the adaptation of the 2016 National Book Award winner. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Barry Jenkins’ next project? ‘The Underground Railroad’

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Luciana Barroso, left, and Matt Damon arrive at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

How ‘Moonlight’ pulled off the Oscar upset of a lifetime

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

Barry Jenkins, winner of the award for best picture for "Moonlight", appears backstage at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)

Barry Jenkins Moonlight director: Oscars flub caused by two cards in envelope

By Eric Althoff - The Washington Times

Barry Jenkins, foreground center, and the cast accept the award for best picture for &quot;Moonlight&quot; at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Advocacy groups: Forget Oscars snafu, focus on ‘Moonlight’

By JOCELYN NOVECK - Associated Press

Fred Berger, producer of &quot;La La Land,&quot; foreground center, gives his acceptance speech as members of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Brian Cullinan, holding red envelope, and Martha L. Ruiz, in red dress, and a stage manager discuss the best picture announcement error among the cast at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The actual winner of best picture went to &quot;Moonlight.&quot; (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

‘Moonlight’ wins best picture at botched Academy Awards

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

This image released by Lionsgate shows Ryan Gosling, right, and Emma Stone in a scene from, &quot;La La Land.&quot; The film is nominated for an Oscar for best picture. The 89th Academy Awards will take place on Feb. 26. (Dale Robinette/Lionsgate via AP)

The Latest: ‘Moonlight’ wins best picture Academy Award

Associated Press

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2017 file photo shows Barry Jenkins at the 42nd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards in Los Angeles. At the center of this year's Oscars are two filmmakers in their 30s with seemingly limitless careers ahead of them. Jenkins, the 37-year-old director of &quot;Moonlight,&quot; and Damien Chazelle, the 32-year-old maker of &quot;La La Land,&quot; whose films have 22 nominations between them. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Jenkins & Chazelle: The young directors at center of Oscars

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press

This image released by A24 Films shows Alex Hibbert in a scene from the film, &quot;Moonlight.&quot; (David Bornfriend/A24 via AP)

Review: A boy comes of age in achingly powerful ‘Moonlight’

By LINDSEY BAHR - Associated Press

In this Oct. 3, 2016 photo, actor Trevante Rhodes, a cast member in the film, &quot;Moonlight,&quot; poses at A24 offices in New York. Rhodes, 26, Alex Hibbert, 12, and Ashton Sanders, 20, play the same character at various ages in Barry Jenkins’ film about a kid growing up black, gay and confused with his drug addicted mother in Miami. (Photo by Brian Ach/Invision/AP)

The 3 stars of ‘Moonlight’ share a role and a breakthrough

By JAKE COYLE - Associated Press