LGBTQ+ Film Series: Moonlight

The North LGBTQ+ Resource Centre presents a screening of the Oscar-winning film for Best Picture, Moonlight, which in 2017 became the first film with an all-black cast, and the first LGBT film to win the Best Picture Award (source).

Moonlight offers viewers a look at three defining chapters in the life of Chiron, a young black man growing up in Miami. His epic journey to manhood is guided by the kindness, support and love of the community that helps raise him. 

“Who is you, man?” Dramatic film has long been fascinated with issues of identity, but they’ve rarely been explored with the degree of eloquence and heartbreaking beauty as in Barry Jenkins’ masterful “Moonlight,” one of the essential American films of 2016. “Moonlight” is a film that is both lyrical and deeply grounded in its character work, a balancing act that’s breathtaking to behold. It is one of those rare pieces of filmmaking that stays completely focused on its characters while also feeling like it’s dealing with universal themes about identity, sexuality, family, and, most of all, masculinity. -Brian Tallerico

Light refreshments will be served.

Film will be captioned. All-gender, accessible washrooms located across the hall. 

Content Warning: homophobic violence, bullying, addiction.