Moonlight is a profound film.
It is a real work of art. It is the only movie I have seen so far in which the main character could be a metaphor to your own self, and your journey.
Little is a gay black kid growing up in Florida a few decades ago. The crack scene is high, even his mother has caught on to it. The one inspiration he looks up to is the neighborhood crack dealer (played by Marsharsha Ali) who takes the kid as his own and looks after him.
It is hard to personify Little, other than to say, he could be all of us in hard situations. He is extremely self-withdrawn and unconfident.
The situation doesn't improve as his mom's addiction becomes a lifestyle, and he is more and more bullied at school. He finds comfort in talking to his friend, Kevin, who is more outgoing.
Kevin offers Little, now Black his first sexual experience in high school, and although in a better life, this is too young and a bad decision, Black finds true happiness in discovering who he really is in that scene.
As an adult, Black evolves into a drug dealer, and decides to face his past, to remedy his present and future...
This movie is really a character study. It is worthy to note a couple of things:
1. The character's real name is not what he is often referred to, showing the transition of identity, but the difficulty in pealing layers to reveal one's true nature.
2. It is hard to kick bad habits, but easy to lose the ones we love.
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