MOONLIGHT (USA 2016) ***
Directed by Barry Jenkins
Starring: Mahershala Ali, Shariff Earp, Duan’Sandy’ Sanderson
Review by Gilbert Seah
MOONLIGHT is one of the most talked about African American films screened at the Toronto International Film Festival. It has garnered rave reviews based on its raw content and originality. And indeed, this film deserves all accolades.
MOONLIGHT is Barry Jenkins’ second feature after MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY.
It is s very strange feature, low-budget, very originally told (in three parts; each part titled by each of the three names the protagonist is given) of the life of Little or Chiron or Black from childhood to adulthood. His real name is Chiron, but is called Little in school due to his small stature. Little is ‘adopted’ by a local thug and his girlfriend when he is not living with his drug addicted mother.
Bullied and beaten up frequently because of his small…
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