THE PINK LENS

Last night, Moonlight picked up Best Picture at the Academy Awards. To say that it came as a shock is a little bit of an understatement... and not just because Faye Dunaway read out the wrong name. This tiny indie film about the early life of young gay black man from a deprived background is the kind of film that normally slips out unnoticed, but somehow it has managed to stride all the way to the podium and LITERALLY snatch the award from the hands of the producers of La La

Starring: Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders, Alex R. Hibbert Director: Barry Jenkins Moonlight is one of only a handful of LGBT films to have been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. While LGBT films are ten-a-penny nowadays, few pack the same punch or display the same cinematic craftsmanship as Barry Jenkins' breakthrough hit, which charts the early life of a dejected young man who is struggling with his sexual