REPRESENTATION MATTERS!!!

Moonlight (2017)  Dir. Barry Jenkins

It’s Kevin. You do remember me, right? Yeah.

I think about love on a scale from 1 to 10. Most of us find a 6 or 7, and that’s why we have divorce. It’s the truth. We settle for that 6 or 7. But I like to think Kevin is Chiron’s 10. He’s found that and he realizes that there’s no reason to settle for a 6 or a 7 because, “I know this person is my 10. Whether or not this person believes I’m his 10, I’m going to devote my life to this person entirely.” That’s why the line where he says, “You’re the only man that’s ever touched me,” for me, was the most amazing, most beautiful thing I’ve seen in cinema, period. Because that’s what we strive for as people, to find that one person because they’re there. If Kevin doesn’t feel that they should be together, Chiron is just going to die a miserable person because that’s his person and he won’t settle for anything else. But I like to think they’re together, walking in Central Park hand-in-hand when they’re 90 years old. - Trevante Rhodes

Moonlight (2016, dir. Barry Jenkins)

“Moonlight” stars urge actors of color to step outside the box in best kiss speech. ❤️

Ashton Sanders and Jharrel Jerome made a heartfelt speech at the MTV Movie Awards.

“On a real note, I think it is safe to say that it is OK for us young performers, especially us minority performers, to step out of the box. It’s OK for us to step out of the box and do whatever it takes to tell the story and whatever it takes to make the change,” Jerome said. “This award is for that. It’s for us artists who are out there, who need to do whatever it takes to get people to wake up.”

Moonlight / 2016 / dir. Barry Jenkins

Moonlight (2016) - dir. Barry Jenkins

Moonlight actors Mahershala Ali, Alex Hibbert, Ashton Sanders and Trevante Rhodes front the Spring/Summer 2017 Underwear campaign of Calvin Klein