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Oscar-Winner Barry Jenkins on “The Underground Railroad”

Clip: 8/18/2021 | 2m 55sVideo has Closed Captions

Barry Jenkins joins the show.

Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins’s TV series "The Underground Railroad" has received seven Emmy nominations, including a nomination in the category of “Best Director of a Limited Series.” Based on Colin Whitehead's acclaimed 2016 novel of the same name, the series tells the story of a young girl who escapes a Georgia plantation through a network of secret routes. Jenkins joins the show.

08/18/2021

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