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film's two main characters as "playing out a debate back and forth about identity politics". Each of the two main characters embodies an ideology. Jenkins saw the character of Micah as a man who was always building barriers, whereas Jo thinks that race is a limiter. Accusing Jo of assimilation, Micah strives to reclaim his essential "blackness" as Jo contrastingly claims Micah has a "hang up" about his race and strives to overcome her own. The film includes the desaturation of images. Filmmakers went through the film shot by shot and pulled out the majority of color. In an interview, director Barry
Jenkins stated that certain scenes in the film have more color to reflect when the characters are not thinking about race or housing issues.
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