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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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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Mahershala Ali → castMemberOf → Moonlight →
Barry Jenkins → directed → Moonlight →
Dede Gardner → hasProduced → Moonlight →
Andre Holland → notableWork → Moonlight →
Barry Jenkins → notableWork → Moonlight →
Dede Gardner → notableWork → Moonlight →
Jeremy Kleiner → notableWork → Moonlight →
Mahershala Ali → notableWork → Moonlight →
Plan B Entertainment → produced → Moonlight →