Moonlight
Barry Jenkins (2016)
Queer people, black people, and especially queer black people all know what it feels like to sift through straight-cis-white apologist fare while waiting to see their actual truths on screen. Moonlight, the unfiltered, undiluted story of one gay black man’s life, is a model of what the world needs more of, and its influential path to Oscar gold suggests the world may get more indeed. It’s a hugely heartening example of baby steps leading to giant leaps.
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