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Moonlight is a 2016 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. It stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe in her first film appearance, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome in his feature film debut, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali.
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Image This is an American drama film directed by Barry Jenkins. The story unfolds in three acts and follows the life of Chiron, a young African-American boy who struggles to find his identity and his place in the world while facing the adversity of his environment. The film begins in the childhood of Chiron, who lives in a Miami neighborhood marked by violence and poverty. Raised by his mother, Paula (Naomie…More
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image .jpeg) "Moonlight" is a powerful and poignant coming-of-age story that explores the complexities of identity, masculinity, and the struggles of growing up in poverty. The film, directed by Barry Jenkins, follows the life of Chiron, a young boy living in Miami's Liberty City neighbourhood, as he navigates the difficulties of adolescence and the impact of a drug-addicted mother and an absent father. The film is…More
The director actively uses color to bring the reality he is facing into the realm of empathy. As the title suggests, the scene in which the blue color like the moonlight appears is the moment when the energy of 'positivity' spreads, whereas the red color is explicitly expressed at the moment of threatening or oppression of the main character 'Chiron'. In a word, mise-en-scène is a very rich movie…More
When you spend so much time consuming content, it's hard to find something really cool that you can talk about. Everything seems very monotonous to you and therefore, talking about a common movie is not very different from talking about another common movie, since they are all basically the same. However, every once in a while you find something different, or, for one reason or another, the film makes you feel thing…More
I absolutely love Moonlight it's a film that takes a serious look at how society can both positively and negatively impact a person's life and change their perception of themselves. There's no doubt that society, for some, can be the constant weight of various expectations on the shoulders of the vulnerable; while some manage to deal with such suppression, others hide in a shell a shell that tells a different story…More