Oscar-winning director and #TIFF23 Platform Jury member, Barry Jenkins, makes his return to TIFF to unpack his Academy Award-winning sophomore feature, MOONLIGHT (2016). Examining the Black filmography and the legendary auteurs that influenced his work, Jenkins details his Miami origins and the enduring legacy of his influential film. Proceeding in three distinct movements, Moonlight traces the literal and figurative growth of its protagonist, Chiron, as he progresses from a troubled child (Alex Hibbert) to a sexually confused teenager (Ashton Sanders) to a buff, jail-tatted drug dealer (Trevante Rhodes) who finds that he still yearns for his high-school love. For more about the Toronto International Film Festival and our year-round programming TIFF Lightbox, visit http://tiff.net. Subscribe to watch more TIFF Originals: https://www.youtube.com/c/tiff Want more TIFF? Find us here: https://www.instagram.com/tiff_net https://www.tiktok.com/@tiff_net https://www.snapchat.com/add/tiff_net https://twitter.com/tiff_net https://www.pinterest.com/tiffnet/ #BarryJenkins #Moonlight #BehindTheScenes #Oscars