Moonlight won Best Picture at last year’s Oscar Awards. The moment was outshined by a snafu when it was mistakenly announced that La La Land had won in the category. After moments of confusion and uproar, those who worked on the film were unable to revel at the moment on stage. Director Barry Jenkins did not have time to deliver the speech he had prepared in the hope of winning the accolade.
As a keynote speaker at this year’s South by Southwest, Jenkins got the opportunity to share the speech he had written. According to Deadline, during his talk, Jenkins shared stories of his upbringing that helped develop him into a filmmaker. A decade ago, Jenkins premiered his first feature film Medicine for Melancholy at SXSW. The moment of “the birth of Barry Jenkins, the filmmaker” came full circle, and the acclaimed director also decided to share what he was unable to when he won an Oscar.
