Kevin in Moonlight

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fictional character film character

Kevin in *Moonlight* is a pivotal character who serves as both a childhood friend and complex love interest to the film’s protagonist, Chiron, embodying themes of intimacy, masculinity, and identity.

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Label Occurrences
Kevin (In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue) 1
Kevin in Moonlight canonical 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
film character ⓘ
adultResidence Miami ⓘ
ageRangeDepicted adult ⓘ
child ⓘ
teenager ⓘ
appearsIn Moonlight ⓘ
Moonlight ⓘ
surface form: Moonlight (2016 film)
appearsInAct Black ⓘ
Chiron ⓘ
Little ⓘ
awardContext appears in Academy Award for Best Picture-winning film Moonlight ⓘ
basedOn Kevin in Moonlight self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kevin (In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue)
basedOnWorkBy Tarell Alvin McCraney ⓘ
betrays Chiron (under peer pressure) ⓘ
characterArc reunion with Chiron as adults ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Barry Jenkins ⓘ
ethnicity African-American ⓘ
filmGenreContext coming-of-age drama ⓘ
firstAppearance Moonlight ⓘ
surface form: Moonlight (2016 film)
friendOf Chiron ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
loveInterestOf Chiron ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
narrativeRole childhood friend of Chiron ⓘ
deuteragonist ⓘ
love interest of Chiron ⓘ
notableScene beach scene with Chiron ⓘ
schoolyard fight with Chiron ⓘ
occupation cook ⓘ
partOf Moonlight narrative trilogy structure (Little, Chiron, Black) ⓘ
portrayedBy André Holland ⓘ
Jaden Piner ⓘ
Jharrel Jerome ⓘ
reconcilesWith Chiron ⓘ
relationshipDynamic tension between affection and peer pressure ⓘ
setting Liberty City ⓘ
surface form: Liberty City, Miami
sexuality queer-coded ⓘ
theme black masculinity ⓘ
intimacy ⓘ
masculinity ⓘ
sexual identity ⓘ
worksAt diner ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Andre Holland → playedCharacter → Kevin in Moonlight ⓘ
Kevin in Moonlight → basedOn → Kevin in Moonlight self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Kevin (Moonlight)
this entity surface form: Kevin (In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue)