Moonlight: Crash Course Film Criticism #13

Moonlight is a hard-edged yet beautifully made story about a black American dealing with his sexuality in a sometimes unforgiving and violent world. Its director, Barry Jenkins, uses every trick in the filmmaking book to put us in the perspective of the main character, Chiron. It’s an amazing accomplishment, as Michael Aranda talks about in this episode of Crash Course Film Criticism. *** Check out all 15 films we’ll be talking about below!!! Citizen Kane Aliens Where Are My Children? Selma In the Mood For Love Do the Right Thing Lost In Translation Apocalypse Now Pan’s Labyrinth The Limey Three Colors: Blue The Eagle Huntress Moonlight Beasts of No Nation 2001: A Space Odyssey *** Produced in collaboration with PBS Digital Studios: The Latest from PBS Digital Studios: *** Want to find Crash Course elsewhere on