1. Why Moonlight Is A Small Miracle Of A Movie | The FADER
Oct 20, 2016 · Barry Jenkins's audacious coming-of-age drama is a personal and poetic story about black queerness.
Barry Jenkins’s audacious coming-of-age drama is a personal and poetic story about black queerness.
2. The only happy ending happens in the middle of 'Moonlight'
Dec 5, 2017 · American film director Barry Jenkins crafts a beautiful yet creatively true Academy Award-winning bildungsroman of Chiron, a young, gay black man living and ...
By Michael Bailey Special to the Chronicle American film director Barry Jenkins crafts a beautiful yet creatively true Academy Award-winning bildungsroman of Chiron, a young, gay black man living and growing up in Liberty City, Florida. Taken as concept from Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unpublished play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue,” “Moonlight” tells the story...
3. 'Moonlight' illuminates a new vision of the black community - WHYY
Mar 9, 2017 · “Moonlight” is more than just an LGBT story. It subtly redefines who and what the black community is. Yes, there is violence, drugs, and poverty there.
“Moonlight” is more than just an LGBT story. It subtly redefines who and what the black community is. Yes, there is violence, drugs, and poverty there. However, by focusing on the ordinary lives within in a black neighborhood, we see fuller representations of black life.
4. The Uncommon Compassion of 'Moonlight' - Talk Poverty
Nov 21, 2016 · Moonlight's storyline divides the life of its main character, Chiron, into three parts: his childhood in the poor Liberty City projects of Miami, Florida.
The film lifts up the fullness of black lives—even if the people living them are poor or dealing drugs or gay.
5. Oscars: The 'Moonlight' best picture winning speech you probably never ...
Feb 21, 2019 · "Moonlight" and "If Beale Street Could Talk" director Barry Jenkins shares what he would have said a year after the memorable Academy Awards ...
"Moonlight" and "If Beale Street Could Talk" director Barry Jenkins shares what he would have said a year after the memorable Academy Awards mix-up.
6. Moonlight — A Powerful Lesson in Identity and Vulnerability - Medium
May 5, 2019 · Moonlight is not merely about a film about minority representation. It is, above all else, a film about coming of age and identity. This, everyone can relate ...
See AlsoAva Reyes LeakedMoonlight portrays the fragmented, subtle nature of identity through a three-act tale of a boy struggling to understand and accept himself.
7. Why this is the most important film of 2016 | Dazed
Sep 22, 2016 · The film tells the story of a young African American man's life in three parts, illuminating the unfolding realization and reluctant acceptance ...
Moonlight is the heartbreaking story about a young African American coming to terms with his sexuality in a violent world, and another step forward for LGBT narratives
8. Catholic Movie Club: How 'Moonlight' deals with identity, maturity and ...
Feb 9, 2024 · This week's film—“Moonlight” (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins, written by Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney—is a beautiful meditation on ...
A conversation on Barry Jenkins’ Oscar-winning film for Black History month.
9. Man-Child Under the Moonlight: Black Masculinity in the Promised Land
Feb 28, 2017 · Set in the gritty concrete jungle of Liberty City, one of two black communities in Miami, the film is a coming-of-age story. It is framed around ...
Sunday night's mishap at the Oscars, which mistakenly gave the award for Best Picture to La La Land, reflects the unpredictable nature of award shows and the unexpected impact of film on reframing our understandings of the world. Made with a small budget of one million dollars and highlighting same-
10. Serious Moonlight: The Film of the Year Is Even Better Than You've ...
Nov 2, 2016 · I spent most of Moonlight's first chapter wiping away tears; the setting and the characters felt so intimately familiar. I'm glad there was only ...
Ever get left speechless? Hear, see, touch, or taste something so rare that you don't want to bruise its petals with your clumsy analysis? That's how I feel about Moonlight—yet that is exactly what I must do. It feels like a golden era for Black-centered entertainment, for nuanced stories about Black people not made for the white gaze. Shows like Atlanta, Insecure, and even Luke Cage might not seem like high art to some—and in...