Interview: Cary Fukunaga Talks ‘Beasts Of No Nation,’ Netflix, ‘Cheers,’ Auteur Theory, ’True Detective’ & More

Within the span of two films and one TV show that turned out to be a cultural sensation, filmmaker Cary Fukunaga has established himself as one of the most exciting voices in American cinema. Yes, Fukunaga already made a splash in 2009 with his directorial debut, “Sin Nombre,” which swept up at some big awards at the Sundance Film Festival that year, but it was HBO’s “True Detective,” the series of which he directed every episode, that launched him into near rock-star director status.

Much to the chagrin of nearly everyone aside from Fukunaga, the director passed on “True Detective” season two and decided instead to move back to feature-length filmmaking with his latest, “Beasts Of No Nation” starring Idris Elba. A dark, sometimes brutal and uncompromising film about the children enlisted to fight as soldiers in war torn African nations, 'Beasts’ centers on the experiences of Agu, a young boy forced to fight in a civil war in an unnamed African country.

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