Barry Jenkins and Naomie Harris on 'Moonlight'

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 24, 2016

Director Barry Jenkins and actress Naomie Harris join us to discuss their film, “Moonlight” about a young man dealing with a dysfunctional home life and a drug-addicted mother (Harris) as he’s coming of age in a rough Miami neighborhood in the 1980s. The story is told across three stages of his life, as he struggles to find himself and come to terms with his sexuality.

"Moonlight" is playing at the Angelika Film Center (18 West Houston Street, b/w Broadway & Mercer) and the AMC Loews Lincoln Square 13 (1998 Broadway, b/w West 67 & 68). 

 

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