Police moonlight essay

The film takes us through Chiron’s journey from his childhood to adulthood while exploring his life’s experiences and the people who shaped him into the man he becomes emotionally, physically and sexually. However, the basis for this growth is evident in the first 10 minutes.

Although Moonlight functions within the genre of poetic realism, it also uses an intensely evocative, impressionistic editing style to do so. For example, the sound of characters speaking often plays over shots in which that character is not speaking at all, lending these moments a more subjective, rather than literal, feel.

Chiron, also known as Little, is the protagonist in Barry Jenkins’s film, “Moonlight”. The film takes us through Chiron’s journey from his childhood to adulthood while exploring his life’s experiences and the people who shaped him into the man he becomes emotionally, physically and sexually.

There are three obstacles that prevent Little, the protagonist, from achieving his goals: being black, homosexuality and drug abuse. Jenkins and McCraney introduce the audience to the structure of the film by break Chiron’s life into various sections between which his age advances.