Moonlight (2016)

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Synopsis

Drama. Three vignettes from the life of a young black man who is struggling to find himself, first as a child (Alex Hibbert), then a teenager (Ashton Sanders), and finally as an adult (Trevante Rhodes).

Content elements

• Frequent use of the sexual expletive and variations in a non-sexual context; frequent use of scatological slang, cursing, and vulgar expressions; infrequent use of profanity and sexual slurs
• Infrequent portrayals of weapons and hand-to-hand violence - some blood and detail
• Infrequent portrayals of sexual activity – no nudity, some detail
• Infrequent portrayals of smoking, alcohol use, and illegal substance use – some detail

Thematic elements

• Codes of masculinity
• Loneliness and isolation
• Identity and awareness

Classification rationale

Rated 14A for coarse language, violence, and sexual content in a dramatic context

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