Moonlight

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coming-of-age film drama film film

Moonlight is a critically acclaimed 2016 coming-of-age drama film that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and race through the life of a young Black man growing up in Miami.

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Moonlight canonical 60
Moonlight (2016 film) 4
"Moonlight" 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coming-of-age film ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Tarell Alvin McCraney ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature ⓘ
basedOn In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide over 65 million USD ⓘ
character Juan ⓘ
Kevin ⓘ
Paula ⓘ
cinematographer James Laxton ⓘ
composer Nicholas Britell ⓘ
countryOfFilming United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception critical acclaim ⓘ
director Barry Jenkins ⓘ
distributor A24 ⓘ
editor Joi McMillon ⓘ
Nat Sanders ⓘ
filmingLocation Miami ⓘ
genre LGBT-related film ⓘ
coming-of-age ⓘ
drama ⓘ
independent film ⓘ
mainTheme identity ⓘ
masculinity ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
race ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
narrativeStructure three-part structure ⓘ
notableFor all-Black principal cast ⓘ
depiction of Black queer experience ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrayedBy Alex Hibbert ⓘ
Ashton Sanders ⓘ
Trevante Rhodes ⓘ
portrayedByCharacterJuan Mahershala Ali ⓘ
portrayedByCharacterKevin André Holland ⓘ
Jharrel Jerome ⓘ
portrayedByCharacterPaula Naomie Harris ⓘ
producer Adele Romanski ⓘ
Dede Gardner ⓘ
Jeremy Kleiner ⓘ
productionCompany A24 ⓘ
Pastel Productions ⓘ
Plan B Entertainment ⓘ
protagonist Chiron ⓘ
protagonistAlsoKnownAs Black ⓘ
Little ⓘ
publicationDate 2016-10-21 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 111 ⓘ
screenwriter Barry Jenkins ⓘ
Tarell Alvin McCraney ⓘ
settingLocation Liberty City ⓘ
surface form: Liberty City, Miami

Miami ⓘ
stars Alex Hibbert ⓘ
André Holland ⓘ
Ashton Sanders ⓘ
Janelle Monáe ⓘ
Mahershala Ali ⓘ
Naomie Harris ⓘ
Trevante Rhodes ⓘ
timePeriod early 21st century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
yearOfRelease 2016 ⓘ

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Andre Holland → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
Plan B Entertainment → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
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Dede Gardner → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
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Barry Jenkins → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
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Mahershala Ali → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
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Jeremy Kleiner → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
A24 → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
A24 → distributed → Moonlight ⓘ
Janelle Monáe → notableFilmAppearance → Moonlight ⓘ
Dangerous Woman → hasTrack → Moonlight ⓘ
89th Academy Awards → bestPictureWinner → Moonlight ⓘ
89th Academy Awards → bestSupportingActorFilm → Moonlight ⓘ
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subject surface form: Kevin (Moonlight)
this entity surface form: Moonlight (2016 film)
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this entity surface form: "Moonlight"
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In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue → providedNarrativeFoundationFor → Moonlight ⓘ
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Adele Romanski → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
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Nat Sanders → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
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Trevante Rhodes → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
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Ashton Sanders → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ
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Jharrel Jerome → notableWork → Moonlight ⓘ