![]() ![]() ![]() He’s stated that Chiron’s story is not his own, but the film has an incredible sense of place all the same. Moonlight feels more personal for Jenkins, who was born and raised in Liberty City, Miami, the predominantly African American neighborhood in which the film is set. That film followed a black couple wandering the streets of San Francisco after a one-night stand, pondering the gentrifying city and whether people of color could still find a place in it. It’s been eight years since the release of Jenkins’s debut feature Medicine For Melancholy, itself a clever work about identity. On those terms alone, Moonlight is one of the year’s most gripping viewing experiences. This is not an “issue” film that’s mainly “about” race or sexuality this is a humane movie, one that’s looking to prompt empathy and introspection most of all. There’s insight to Moonlight that should pierce viewers to their core, even if Chiron’s life is very different from their own. Inspired by the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Jenkins’s movie is a meditation on growing up, and the ways we all try to prevent ourselves from standing out or getting hurt. ![]() ![]() In short, Moonlight demands to be seen, even though the film is about a man who desperately wants to keep the audience at arm’s length. ![]()
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