Wouldn’t Jenkins' next announced project being something involving American chattel slavery feel like a regression to some?
It felt like the appropriate thing to do," Jenkins declares.
“[It’s] a discursive art form, and so this show doesn’t exist in isolation.
Director Barry Jenkins on the set of Amazon Prime Video’s ‘The Underground Railroad’ with actress Thuso Mbedu.amazon
“And then you get to Indiana Winter, and somehow you stumble into an action film.”
Ultimately, watching the edits, Jenkins says “I felt affirmed.”
The filmmaker stresses though that he’s serious aboutThe Underground Railroadremaining a limited series though.
But man, this show damn near killed me,” Jenkins exclaims.
“Doing this many pages, covering this much ground in 116 days, man it was heavy.
The Underground Railroadis now streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
