'Moonlight' undoes our expectations as viewers, and as human beings, too. As we watch, another movie plays in our minds: real-life footage of the many forms of damage done to black men, which can sometimes lead them to turn that hateful madness on their own kind, passing on the poison that was their inheritance.

For black people, being around white people is sometimes like taking care of babies you don't like.

I used to think that the feeling of alienation that I would have was just me, but I realise that it's also a symptom of the modern world.

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