Masculinity And Identity In Moonlight

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

Barry Jenkins’s 2016 film, Moonlight, is a work that is characterized by its silences, both in what is unsaid, as well as the unresolved nature of many of its central tensions. In the film, silence functions to emphasize the interiority of the film’s subject, and to make the audience aware of itself. Such strategic use of absence recalls John Cage's groundbreaking composition, 4'33; a work that is distinguished by its lack of any audible musical accompaniment. For many, the piece is reflective of

in and shares a special connection is Kevin. The beach scene between Chiron and Kevin is very powerful many reasons. For instance, there is that moment when Chiron asks Kevin if he cries, which Kevin firmly answers no. There is this belief that masculinity can not be associated with emotions that are perceived as weak. Contrary to Kevin, Chiron admits that he indeeds cries and that crying is an emotion he knows too well. He then confesses to Kevin that there is a lot of things he wants to do that

The film Moonlight was released October 21, 2016. Moonlight is all African American cast, and was awarded over 25 awards including the Academy Award for best picture. This film is a coming of age story that follows the dramatic ups and downs of the life of Chiron, a young Africa American man growing up in Miami. The plot begins from the time he is in elementary school to the time he reaches adulthood. The plot is structured in three stages of the life of Chiron and touches on the topics of the struggle

In the United States, our society maintains both dominant cultures dictated by white descent, and non-dominant cultures that have been oppressed and marginalized by those of white descent. The film Moonlight (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins, depicts cultural expectations of black males in America and what consequences they have. While the founders of the United States cite societal arguments for equality and justice, the film provides commentary on specific systemic issues that prove these founding

Moonlight “I wasn’t never worth shit. Never did anything I actually wanted to do, all I could do was what other folks thought I should do. I was never myself.” This quote comes from one of the most powerful films I’ve seen in a long time, Moonlight. Moonlight is a movie broken up into three chapters of the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in the Miami projects. Throughout the movie, we go on a journey with Chiron from his childhood to adolescence to adulthood and watch as he struggles

Barry Jenkins’ award winning film Moonlight is based on the coming of age play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, written by Tarell Alvin McCraney. This story follows Chiron Black in three different phases of his life. This film highlights many of the things that plague black boys questioning their identity, but does so in a way that captures the innocence and vulnerability of the process. At first glance, one may think Moonlight is just another stereotypical coming of age story – a young black boy

Moonlight (2016) a film directed by Barry Jenkins, is a film that has many intersections of identity present. The film follows its main character - Chiron - as he goes 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. The three chapters of the film demonstrate the way aspects of Chirons’ intersect with one another. These aspects also help

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

I downloaded Moonlight off the internet last night. I often watch films with my parents but they usually think they're shit. Moonlight is one of few films that really hit home, so much so that I have spent this last day creating this blog to write about it. Not really sure if this will become a thing. Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight is a masterful queer coming-of-age story told in three parts - Two years after Richard Linklater’s masterpiece Boyhood composed a unique passage of time portraying realistic