Moonlight

African American writer and director Barry Jenkins has developed a lot since his independent film debut in 2008's Medicine For Melancholy.  Moonlight is an artfully crafted, poetic film that creatively captures the moments in a young Black man's journey to manhood and the issues of race, sexuality, poverty, and family strife that shape that journey.  It's a well put together cast, especially in the performances of Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Andre Holland, and Trevante Rhodes and I must say this is a very talented and refreshing cast ensemble of diverse Black actors.  Moonlight deserves all the accolades it's been given.  It's powerful film making in the stillness of it's cinematography, the mood of it's soundtrack, what it elicits from it's audience, and poignantly mirrors back on our society.