Moonlight's Editor on the Story of a Lifetime

January 4, 2017, 11:00 AM

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Nominated for six Golden Globes, the stunningly beautiful, brilliantly executed Moonlight was one of 2016's best films. We've spoken to composer Nicholas Brittell, breakout star Janelle Monáe and cinematographer James Laxton about how they helped bring director Barry Jenkins film to life. The story, tracking three periods of time in one young man's life—as a child, a teenager and a grown man—was based on the play by Tarell Alvin McCraney called "In Moonlight Black Boys Like Blue."