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Movie Review : ' Moonlight '

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I have truly enjoyed this semester in Blacks in Film this semester. I have been introduced to a wide variety of Black films that I probably wouldn’t have had the opportunity to watch if I was not in this class. Out of all the culturally diverse, emotional, dramatic, strange Black films that we have watched this semester, my favorite was Moonlight and my least favorite was the original Birth of a Nation. Moonlight was an extremely powerful and eye opening movie. Before having the chance to watch this movie I just kept hearing about it and when it won won Best Picture, I still wasn’t very sure of what to expect from the film. But after watching and internalizing it, I realized that this film was extremely deserving of the honor. This was …show more content…

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