Why Moonlight Needs to Win Big at the Oscars on Sunday

by Charles MudedeA winning smile in the must-win movie MoonlightMoonlight—an indie film by a black director, Barry Jenkins, that examines the world and life of black and gay man, Chiron—is nominated for eight Oscars. This film is, in my opinion, the most important American feature film of 2016 for a number of reasons: performances, cinematography, music, and a story that complicates rather simplifies black life. We have never seen anything like it before on the big screen, and it arr