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Moonlight
He spent years building armour so no one could hurt him again. Underneath, he was still the boy learning to float. 🌊💙 #Moonlight
Who it's for
Moonlight tells Chiron's life in three chapters (child, teenager, adult), so viewers watch shame, bullying and a mother's addiction shape a person, and see the hardened adult still carrying the boy inside.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Barry Jenkins's 2016 drama, adapted from Tarell Alvin McCraney's semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue, follows Chiron across three chapters of his life in Miami during the crack epidemic. As a withdrawn boy nicknamed Little, he is taken under the wing of Juan, a drug dealer who becomes a mentor while Chiron's mother Paula struggles with addiction.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch.
Before you start
Heads up: Parental addiction and a brutal beating.
Age: R (some sexuality, drug use, brief violence, language throughout)
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.Robert Frost, “The Road Not Taken”
