Academy awarded ‘Moonlight’ now screens
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Academy Awarded Best Picture, ‘Moonlight’ made based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s unpublished semi-autobiographical play ‘In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue’ is now being screened in theatres.
The much acclaimed movie also won Best Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali and Best Adapted Screenplay for Jenkins and McCraney and five other nominations at the recently held Academy Awards.
Written and directed by Barry Jenkins, the film depicts a chronicle of the childhood, adolescence and burgeoning adulthood of a young, African-American, gay man growing up in a rough neighbourhood of Miami.
Moonlight is the first all-black cast and the first LGBT film. It presents three time periods – young adolescence, mid-teen and young adult – in the life of African-American, gay Chiron is presented. When a child, Chiron lives with his single, crack addict mother Paula in a crime ridden neighbourhood in Miami. Chiron is a shy, withdrawn child largely due to his small size and being neglected by his mother, who is more concerned about getting her fixes and satisfying her carnal needs than taking care of him. Because of these issues, Chiron is bullied, the slurs hurled at him which he doesn’t understand beyond knowing that they are meant to be hurtful. Besides his same aged Cuban-American friend Kevin, Chiron is given what little guidance he has in life from a neighbourhood drug trafficker named Juan, who can see that he is neglected, and Juan’s caring girlfriend Teresa, whose home acts as a sanctuary away from the bullies and away from Paula’s abuse. With this childhood as a foundation, Chiron may have a predetermined path in life, one that will only be magnified.
The film is imported by Cinema Entertainment (pvt) ltd (CEL).