Moonlight director Barry Jenkins joined NYFF selection committee member Amy Taubin to talk about his powerful new film, which follows the life of a gay African-American man growing up in War on Drugs-era Miami. Moonlight screened in the Main Slate of the 54th New York Film Festival and opens theatrically on October 21.

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