Barry Jenkins on ‘The Underground Railroad’

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

Larry briefly weighs in on the conservative attack on women’s reproductive right, as well as alien conspiracy theories to open the show (01:00). Later, he is joined by Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins to discuss adapting Colson Whitehead’s novel into the television series ‘The Underground Railroad’ on Amazon Prime (13:00). Later, they discuss the art of directing (34:00), and avoiding the creation of Black trauma porn when telling stories that are intertwined with Black history (1:10:00).

Host: Larry Wilmore

Guest: Barry Jenkins

Producer: Kaya McMullen

Production Assistant: Jonathan Kermah

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