Kino Presents: Moonlight (15)

KINO is a film society based atop Maker Heights, screening films within the community’s own Patchwork Studios venue. Each year, we share a broad range of exciting films, focussing on releases that represent provoking and impressive accomplishments (as well as cult fandom) from all over the world. We set out to support the culture of cinema within our community, seeing a value in the shared experience of watching and discussing films in-person.

Moonlight
(dir. Barry Jenkins, 2016)
 
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality. Earning no fewer than three Academy Awards (including Best Picture!) in 2017, this timely, meditative look at Black masculinity is a work of pure poetry. Tackling the burdens of unspoken intimacy with gentle, eclectic maturity, Moonlight confirmed director Barry Jenkins as a major talent to follow.