MOONLIGHT

MOONLIGHT chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he navigates the dangers of drugs and violence in a rough neighborhood of Miami.
 MOONLIGHT has won the Golden Globe for best picture (drama) and is nominated for eight Academy Awards.

Bullied at school and beaten down by a harsh home life, Chiron risks becoming a statistic: another black man dominated and ultimately destroyed by the system. Despite his small stature and taciturn nature, Chiron is a survivor, and, as he grows, it becomes clear that his real battle isn't even on the streets. It's an internal one: reckoning with his complex love for his best friend.

MOONLIGHT defies coming-of-age conventions. Instead of offering a clear progression of time, director Barry Jenkins plunges us into an atmospheric subjectivity, an impressionistic vision of Chiron's psyche in which sensuality, pain, and unhealed wounds take centre stage with staggering power. (source: www.tiff.net)