ABSTRACT
Moonlight is the story of a young Black boy growing up in the Liberty City area of Miami, Florida, in the 1980s directed by Barry Jenkins and based on a screenplay by Tarell Alvin McCraney. This unusual three-part coming-of-age story centres on the childhood, adolescence and adulthood of this queer young man, and it achieved unprecedented success in terms of both awards (notably the Oscar for Best Picture) and among critics and popular audiences alike. Moonlight treats a number of important themes, including the social and political histories of African Americans, as well as drawing on histories of African American cinema and queer filmmaking.
