Review: Way More Than Its Accolades, MOONLIGHT Is A Call To Human Decency
Moonlight is not only a film with several impressive accolades, it is one bearing those with a unique signature. Indeed, Moonlight is a gathering of firsts; At the 89th Academy Awards, Moonlight was the first of its kind to win the Best Picture Award, with Mahershala Ali, winning Best Supporting Actor and ultimately becoming the first Muslim to win in the designation. The editing team, leader Joi McMilion and co Nat Sanders, were the first black woman and black man, respectively, to be nominated for an editing Oscar. Moonlight was also the first LGBT film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as the first all black cast to take home that honor. Such is its relevance, this film, that it be a trailblazer. The film introduces us to Juan first, a Cuban drug dealer in Liberty City, Miami. This is Mahershala Ali with a tentative swagger […]