MOONLIGHT
A Compelling Drama take on Sexuality and Black masculinity
During the London BFI Film Festival, I was lucky enough to attend the showing of Moonlight "A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery" as described by IMDB.
The movie followed the life of a young boy, to Adult, showing the hardships of living in a rough neighbourhood, whilst trying to find himself. Moonlight expressed several struggles and issues with sexuality that we still in fact see today. It was a movie that wasn't necessarily a comedy but shared a joke now and then to ease the tension. However the general atmosphere portrayed that of a drama, following the abuse of drugs, sexual encounters, and bullying. A movie that was definitely worth the watch, heavily relatable and heartfelt.
Barry Jenkins did not fail to show the struggle of being a Gay Black man in America. It was successfully shown through Chiron's character development, Jenkins used a smart approach in portraying the characters pain through the lack of dialogue from the character, showing the loneliness and depression within him. Thus showing that being gay was considered a weakness to him, being an easy target to those at his school. However this dramatically changed towards the end as we see the difference in Chiron, both physically and emotionally.
Without spoiling too much of the movie, because no one likes a spoiler alert, you are in for a coming-of-age story in which we see the protagonist grow as a character and go through pain, confusion, courage, and acceptance. From Little, to Chiron, to Black.
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