Moonlight's Tarell Alvin McCraney: 'I'm still that vulnerable boy' - BBC Newsnight

The film Moonlight has won best picture at the Oscars. Set mainly in a black neighbourhood of Miami, it chronicles the life of Chiron - from being a gentle child bullied at school to a young adult trying to come to terms with his sexuality. It mixes macho brutality, with genuine tenderness. The film is directed by Barry Jenkins and is based on a story by Tarell Alvin McCraney called In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. Evan Davis met up with Tarell Alvin McCraney on 16 February. Image of Tarell Alvin McCraney and Barry Jenkins courtesy of Scott McIntyre/The New York Times

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