Following the #OscarsSoWhite backlash that the Academy recieved after snubbing black actors and filmmakers in 2015, we demanded more diversity in film. In 2016, director Barry Jenkins responded by giving us a beautiful, and sobering look at the coming of age of Chiron, a young gay black man from Florida who has to deal with being the target of constant bullying in his hyper-masculine neighborhood, his father figure in the form of local drug dealer Juan, as well as his mother's battles with addiction. The film, based on the book "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue", chronicles his life in three segments where he is played by three different actors.
