Assignment task: Questions are based on the film "MoonLight"
One of the central themes of the film is the complex nature of identity and the difficulty of defining the self in relation to social norms and social inequities. How is this captured in specific characters and events in the film?
What types of social exclusion or oppression are experienced by Little/Chiron/Black? What experiences of social privilege or power define Chiron?
How do the film makers approach the complexity of Little/Chiron/Black's identity? What techniques, imagery, sound, and plot structure, etc. are used to construct a full, detailed account of Chiron's experience?
How would you provide an intersectional reading of Little/Chiron/Black? Why is it important to consider his blackness, gender, sexuality, body, class, family together when viewing his coming-of-age? Are there other dimensions of Chiron's identity that are important to consider?
How does the film compare to other coming-of-age films that you have seen? Similarities? Differences?
Pose a question about the film for class discussion. What issues, ideas, questions, and/or feelings are raised by the film?