Moonlight (2016)
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 111m
Director: Barry Jenkins
Cast: Mahershala Ali, Alex R. Hibbert (young Chiron), Janelle Monáe, Naomie Harris, Ashton Sanders (teenage Chiron), André Holland, Trevante Rhodes (adult Chiron)
Synopsis:
The sensitive, potentially gay offspring of a drug-abusing mother grows up teased and bullied at home and at school, but survives thanks to the kindness of strangers and a sustaining friendship.
Review:
A year after taking flack for making whites only awards, the Academy gave this film the Best Picture accolade, an all-black, totally street portrait of the cycle of crime and drug abuse prevailing in cities such as Miami, but given a high-art presentation rare at the Oscars (colour bypassing, handheld camera, elision of contextual narrative information). It's an impressive piece; it avoids pushing any of its buttons too hard, and goes for realism first, and a gay one at that.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 111m
Director: Barry Jenkins
Cast: Mahershala Ali, Alex R. Hibbert (young Chiron), Janelle Monáe, Naomie Harris, Ashton Sanders (teenage Chiron), André Holland, Trevante Rhodes (adult Chiron)
Synopsis:
The sensitive, potentially gay offspring of a drug-abusing mother grows up teased and bullied at home and at school, but survives thanks to the kindness of strangers and a sustaining friendship.
Review:
A year after taking flack for making whites only awards, the Academy gave this film the Best Picture accolade, an all-black, totally street portrait of the cycle of crime and drug abuse prevailing in cities such as Miami, but given a high-art presentation rare at the Oscars (colour bypassing, handheld camera, elision of contextual narrative information). It's an impressive piece; it avoids pushing any of its buttons too hard, and goes for realism first, and a gay one at that.
Country: US
Technical: col/2.35:1 111m
Director: Barry Jenkins
Cast: Mahershala Ali, Alex R. Hibbert (young Chiron), Janelle Monáe, Naomie Harris, Ashton Sanders (teenage Chiron), André Holland, Trevante Rhodes (adult Chiron)
Synopsis:
The sensitive, potentially gay offspring of a drug-abusing mother grows up teased and bullied at home and at school, but survives thanks to the kindness of strangers and a sustaining friendship.
Review:
A year after taking flack for making whites only awards, the Academy gave this film the Best Picture accolade, an all-black, totally street portrait of the cycle of crime and drug abuse prevailing in cities such as Miami, but given a high-art presentation rare at the Oscars (colour bypassing, handheld camera, elision of contextual narrative information). It's an impressive piece; it avoids pushing any of its buttons too hard, and goes for realism first, and a gay one at that.