And, Scene: <i>Moonlight</i>
<em>The Atlantic</em> looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time Barry Jenkins’s film about a young man’s life in three acts.
by Sophie Gilbert
Dec 26, 2016
3 minutes
Over the next two weeks, The Atlantic will delve into some of the most interesting films of the year by examining a single, noteworthy moment. Today: Barry Jenkins’s Moonlight. (The whole “And, Scene” series will appear here.)
In 2013, talking to me about her Tony-winning production of the director Mary Zimmerman why water played such a pivotal role in the staging of the show. “Water has everything to do with change—in virtually every culture it’s a symbol of change,” she said. “In Shakespeare … water is symbolic
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