He was unable to give this speech at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony because of the unforgettable Best Picture winner mix-up.
Many cinephiles would have pegged La La Land as the likely Best Picture winner, based off of the Academy’s previous behavior.
Barry Jenkins has revealed what would have been his acceptance speech for Moonlight winning the Oscar for Best Picture.
No one was surprised when Faye Dunaway read La La Land as the Best Picture winner, but we were all stunned by the very unintentional bait-and-switch to reveal that Moonlight was, in fact, the winner for Best Picture.