This image released by A24 Films shows Alex Hibbert in a scene from the film, “Moonlight.” The film is a poetic coming-of-age tale told across three chapters about a young gay black kid growing up in a poor, drug-ridden neighborhood of Miami. Following its much-lauded debut at the Telluride Film Festival last week and leading up to its bow Saturday at the Toronto International Film Festival, “Moonlight” has been received with an overflowing of emotion and acclaim. It’s Jenkins’ second film, coming eight years after his well-received 2008 feature debut “Medicine for Melancholy.” ‘’Moonlight” will also land at the upcoming New York Film Festival before hitting theaters Oct. 21. “Moonlight” is based on the play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue” by Tarell Alvin McCraney, who, like his protagonist Chiron, grew up homosexual outside Miami, the son of a crack-addicted mother. That voice in the back of my head would have been saying: You can’t do this for your second film.

Source: Washington Post September 09, 2016 22:41 UTC