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Barry Jenkins presents the chairman's award at the 30th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, in Palm Springs, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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FILE - This April 25, 2017 file photo shows Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins at the TIME 100 Gala, celebrating the 100 most influential people in the world, in New York. Two months after his "Moonlight" pulled out a last-second best picture win at the Oscars, director Barry Jenkins says "it's time to work." He said after the Oscars he spent a month in Mexico and went to the Mayan ruins. Now that he’s back, he’s due to start working on an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Underground Railroad” for Amazon. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2017 file photo, Barry Jenkins arrives at the Oscars in Los Angeles. Jenkins will follow up his Oscar winning film with a drama series for Amazon based on Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad.” Amazon announced Monday, March 27, 2017, that it will develop the TV series, with Jenkins writing and directing the adaptation of the 2016 National Book Award winner. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

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Barry Jenkins accepts the Robert Altman award for "Moonlight" at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017, in Santa Monica, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

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Barry Jenkins, director of "Moonlight," poses backstage with his nominee's medallion at the 69th annual Directors Guild of America Awards at the Beverly Hilton on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)