FILM: MOONLIGHT
2016, dir. Barry Jenkins
Director Barry Jenkins’s three-part narrative Moonlight spans the childhood, adolescence, and adulthood of a gay African-American man who survives Miami’s drug-plagued inner city, finding love in unexpected places and the possibility of change within himself. A fantastic ensemble cast including André Holland, Trevante Rhodes, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali- delivering performances filled with inner conflict and aching desires that cut straight to the heart. The film won the Academy Award for Best Picture, along with Best Supporting Actor for Ali and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney. The Los Angeles Times writes, “Achingly romantic and uncommonly wise… a film that urges the viewer to look past Chiron’s outward appearance and his superficial signifiers of identity, climbing inside familiar stereotypes in order to quietly dismantle them from within.”
