Moonlight

Moonlight follows Chiron, a young Black man growing up in a rough Miami neighborhood, across three defining chapters of his life. The film tenderly explores his struggle with identity, sexuality, and belonging while navigating poverty and a drug-addicted mother. Directed by Barry Jenkins, it became the first LGBTQ+ film and first film with an all-Black cast to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.

• Budget was only $1.5 million, grossing over $65 million worldwide.
• Three different actors portray the lead character Chiron across time.
• Filmed entirely on location in Liberty City, Miami.
• Barry Jenkins wrote the script in just two weeks.
• Famously announced Best Picture after La La Land was read.

• At some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you're going to be.
• In moonlight, black boys look blue.
• You're the only man that has ever touched me.
• Who is you, Chiron?
• I keep running into the same wall. I can't keep running into the same wall.