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How The Playwright And The Director Made ‘Moonlight’ Out Of One Very Tough Miami Neighborhood

MEDIA Posted: January 8, 2017 6:15 am

Movie writer and director Barry Jenkins grew up a year older and just a block or two away from playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney – but somehow they didn’t meet until Jenkins was working on the movie that’s rocketing through awards season and audience emotions. “They remember the same swinging tree, dancing at jams held in the amphitheater, and the annual turkey bowl.”

MEDIA Published: 01.04.17

Read the story in The New York Times Published: 01.04.17

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