---
title: 'Moonlight (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Barry Jenkins'
released: '2016-09-02'
runtime_minutes: 111
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
themes:
  - 'Class Divide'
  - 'Parents and Children'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/moonlight-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4975722/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Moonlight (2016)

2016 · R · 111 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Moonlight is a 2016 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. It stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe in her first film appearance, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome in his feature film debut, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Barry Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-jenkins)
- **Screenplay:** [Barry Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/barry-jenkins), [Tarell Alvin McCraney](https://cinepixo.com/people/tarell-alvin-mccraney)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Nicholas Britell](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-britell)
- **Producer:** [Dede Gardner](https://cinepixo.com/people/dede-gardner), [Jeremy Kleiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeremy-kleiner), [Adele Romanski](https://cinepixo.com/people/adele-romanski)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Laxton](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-laxton)
- **Editor:** [Nat Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/nat-sanders), [Joi McMillon](https://cinepixo.com/people/joi-mcmillon)

## Cast

- [Trevante Rhodes](https://cinepixo.com/people/trevante-rhodes)
- [Naomie Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/naomie-harris)
- [André Holland](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-holland)
- [Mahershala Ali](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahershala-ali)
- [Janelle Monáe](https://cinepixo.com/people/janelle-monae)
- [Alex R. Hibbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/alex-r-hibbert)
- [Jharrel Jerome](https://cinepixo.com/people/jharrel-jerome)
- [Ashton Sanders](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashton-sanders)

## Themes & motifs

- [Class Divide](https://cinepixo.com/topics/class-divide) (theme) — Chiron's poverty is never discussed and never absent — it is the empty kitchen, the dealer who feeds him, and the fact that nobody had taught him to swim.
- [Parents and Children](https://cinepixo.com/topics/parents-and-children) (theme) — A mother who cannot mother and a dealer who does: the film keeps asking what a parent is by tracking who actually shows up.

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Official site: http://moonlight.movie/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/moonlight-2016
Film facts: Wikidata (Q21527875); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.