![]() ![]() Just because the narrative is one that isn't widely told, doesn't mean it should be disregarded. Just because you can't relate to the entire story doesn't mean pieces of it can't teach you something about life. It's also important to remember that just because you don't understand something, that doesn't mean it is unimportant or invalid. And that's what makes it so simple, painful, yet outstandingly beautiful. ![]() Moonlight wasn't supposed to give us some grandiose finale or even answers, but simply present a narrative that we often don't see. Yes, we know some about poverty, queerness, masculinity, and Blackness individually, but to see the conflict of it all so succinctly woven together allowed the complexity of some folks lives to be seen in an unadulterated way. Rather the film allowed us to enter and follow a life that I'm sure many have never considered living. Moonlight wasn't intended to overtly wow us or give us knowledge about something we didn't already know. Yet, to see it as such misses the whole point of the film. Many users are expressing disdain or presumed it to be dull. Moonlight is one of the most beautiful and heart-wrenching films that I have ever seen. ![]()
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