Barry Jenkins 'Moonlight'

Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight depicts the coming-of-age of a young black boy as he struggles with and endures abuse for his sexuality, causing him to hide his internal conflicts. The life of the protagonist, Chiron, is split into his three main stages of life, with each part focusing on the physical and emotional abuse he endures due to his homosexual orientation. When the viewer first meets Chiron, he is running from bullies. As he ages, the bullying follows him, causing him to harden and avoid vulnerability

Moonlight Moonlight is a coming-of-age film released in October 21st, 2016, in the United States. It was written and directed by Barry Jenkins, and based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. The movie won Best Motion Picture in the 74th Golden Globe Awards as well as Best Picture in the 2017 Academy Awards. It became the first film with an all Black cast, and the first LGBTQ film to win Best Picture. The film divides in three parts

“What it’s like to be black, gay and poor in America?” The film Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, is a romantic drama that showed three different stages in Chiron’s life. The movie was about drug abuse and its shows masculinity, family, school violence and most of all sexuality. That movie reveals everyday life experience, not to mention, it is a story of complete intimacy. In my belief, the movie was too sad and deep in the aspect of people who are gay and who have to come out of the closet

It’s more than difficult living in a drug-plagued, impoverished community. These places are often ignored, but just as important as anywhere else. The film Moonlight, directed by Barry Jenkins, is meant to demonstrate the hardships of living in a difficult community. Thematically, it highlights the already difficult nature of being black in modern America, while simultaneously showing the hardship of also being gay in said tough community. The film is comprised into three acts surrounding the development

Imagine if you go outside your front door and you look left. There are two people dealing cocaine. You look right and there is someone being robbed with a gun. The movie Moonlight tells a story about a kid named Chiron who was different from everyone else, because he is different he got picked on and got taken advantage by everyone else including his mother, Paula. When Chiron had an opportunity to start all over he pretended to be someone he wasn’t so he could survive and be respected by others

Moonlight, a film directed by Barry Jenkins in 2016 is mainly about the life of a young black man growing up in Miami; he encounters his journey through his teenage years and into manhood. Chiron is a ten-year-old adolescent nicknamed "Little" who is taken in by a Cuban drug dealer “Juan” and his girlfriend. Chiron explores his sexuality as he falls in love with a close friend and reconnects with faces. Chiron then reconnects with faces from his past. The director Barry Jenkins captures several important

The movie Moonlight- directed by Barry Jenkins- is a movie that breaks the stereotypes of black masculinity. Moonlight is a film which follows its main character Chiron through three pivotal stages in his life. Theses stages are titled; Little, Chiron, and Black. Little follows the main character as a child, Chiron follows him as a teenager and Black follows him as a young man. Each of these chapters shows things the character is going through and depicts him showing various emotions. One of the

Blue, Barry Jenkins, completely defies the expectations of a typical drama through the film, Moonlight Good morning ladies and gentlemen, now dramas, what are they? So in a drama we usually have this idealistic manor that portrays a realistic character, such as this example (-->) , and these characters often have conflicts that revolve around life situations. Now any great dramatic film shows the absolute worst, best and every nitty-gritty thing in-between, so what is it that Barry Jenkins has done

Humans are constantly criticized for being “different,” so forming an identity within a judgemental and violent community proves to be mentally exhausting. Moonlight (2016) by renowned director Barry Jenkins, vividly depicts three different stages of the life of a boy named Chiron while he transforms from a young boy to a man who struggles with coping to find who he truly is. Living in a poor crime-ridden neighborhood in Miami, Florida, Chiron goes through many trials and tribulations throughout

and cautious compilations of “selections of images that have been shot” (Renée). Thus, editing enhances the narrative and enables the viewers to better understand and connect with the characters. This idea is apparent in the film Moonlight (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins, surrounding a young black man, Chiron’s journey to adulthood. With a limited amount of dialogue in the film, the filmmakers attempt to show, instead of tell the audience, the narrative. Therefore, the film is formally creative,