Four years ago, Barry Jenkins experienced one of the best and strangest nights of his life. The filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning film, “Moonlight,” was awarded Best Picture but the situation involved a huge mess-up on the part of the presenters of the award falsely claiming that “La La Land” won i
nstead. It’s still a situation that gets brought up every year when the Oscars are being awarded and will likely continue to be mentioned for decades to come just for how strange it is. And according to Barry Jenkins, the publicity the film received from that weird Oscar win definitely made people more aware of “Moonlight,” but it also added controversy to a victory that might sully the win in the eyes of some people.
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