Stories with 'moonlight' tag

Beyond ‘Moonlight:’ This Miami filmmaker has more stories to tell in Liberty City

Faren Humes worked on the set of “Moonlight” and now the Miami native is ready to tell her own feature-length story about Liberty City.

/ December 18, 2019


Let’s make some movies, Miami.

We’ve launched the Cinematic Arts Residency to make it easier to make great film in the 305.

/ September 6, 2018


How Moonlight inspired two SoFlo extras to pursue their dreams

Before Miami’s beloved film Moonlight won Best Picture at the 2016 Oscars, SoFlo locals helped make it. Here’s what some of the high school extras are up to now.

/ September 28, 2017


Florida’s Legislature wants to defund NWSA, whose alumni made Moonlight and Cocaine Cowboys

Here’s how to reach out to your legislators to reinstate funding to the New World School of the Arts.

/ April 28, 2017


Liberty City: From a middle-class black mecca to forgotten

“Moonlight” introduced the world to the Liberty City of the 1980s. But that’s only a piece of its story.

/ March 13, 2017


Borscht is not just a Russian beet soup. It’s also the quirky film collective that made Moonlight happen.

How a film collaborative named after a Russian soup brought Tarell Alvin McCraney and Barry Jenkins together to produce the best movie of the year.

/ February 28, 2017


Everything you should read, watch, and listen to about Moonlight

There’s been a nonstop stream of commentary on the film since its release. These are the pieces that changed the way we thought about it.

/ February 28, 2017


Don’t let the movie Moonlight be an anomaly

We cannot mimic the magic of Moonlight, but we can create environments from which our next great works of art and artists will emerge.

/ February 27, 2017


We’ll never get tired of hearing Barry Jenkins talk about making Moonlight in Miami

Here he is at the Golden Globes, telling the world why it mattered to make the film here.

/ January 9, 2017


With Moonlight, Miami got a movie that let the city ‘speak for itself’

Moonlight finally showcased and celebrated the real Miami and all of its layers — and that’s what makes it so special for locals.

/ December 22, 2016