The film, directed by Barry Jenkins and based upon the play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue by Tarell Alvin McCraney, follows Chiron, a young African-American boy coming of age in Miami, navigating his family, both found and biological, and his sexuality.Ĭhazelle told New York Magazine that he believed he ultimately made the movie at the right time in his career.

The 2017 best picture winner is a story very personal to its creators. Moonlight: Kindred spirits become collaborators. Read on for seven stories from this year's Oscar contenders to inspire you in the pursuit of your dream. What you see on screen seems effortless, almost like magic, so you can forget the scores of people, from grips and gaffers to studio heads, that make the finished product possible.īut the stories of the people who created these acclaimed works are just as fascinating and inspiring as the ones we see in theaters, ranging from partnerships between newfound friends, finally getting to yes after years of hard work and the remarkable work ethics of idiosyncratic minds. Movies are by their nature larger than life.

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