Moonlight - The Film
Last weekend, I watched the movie, Moonlight, and it is easily one of my favorite movies of all time. Moonlight is one of the most important films, period. Moonlight , which released in 2017 and is directed by Barry Jenkins, follows the life of Chiron, an African American living in a rough neighborhood in Miami. The film is structured into 3 acts, “Little”, “Chiron”, and “Black”, each of these sections showcase the internal struggles of the main protagonist. In the first act, “Little”, we learn that Chiron is bullied at a very early age. He was seen as an outcast and knew he did not fit in because of his sexuality. Chiron has no friends except for a drug-dealer who takes him under his wing, his mother’s role is nonexistent due to drug use, and he struggles to find comfort in who he actually is. The second act, “Chiron”, follows him as a young teen and explores his deteriorating school life and the continued demise of his home life. This act also makes us more aware of Chiron's ho...
