Attention Quote by Andre Holland

'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…

— Hilton Als

The way people are responding to [Moonlight movie] is something we never anticipated. We knew it was good but it is so diverse. The…

— Andre Holland

It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of…

— Barry Jenkins

'Moonlight' is a story that hasn't been told. Whether placed as queer black cinema or urban male cinema, the lack of coming-of-age films featuring…

— Barry Jenkins

I think that was one of the reasons I loved 'Moonlight.' I don't remember if there's a single white person in that movie. It's…

— Cord Jefferson

'Moonlight' isn't an issue film. It's not about addiction, it's not about sexuality, it's not about identity. It's about all these different layers, because…

— Barry Jenkins

Until 'Moonlight,' I had never seen one black man cook for another on screen. But I wanted the characters to be free of 'groundbreaking'…

— Barry Jenkins

It is that rare film [Moonlight] that comes along once in a while that catches the zeitgeist. This movie is that. I certainly have…

— Andre Holland

I personally don't enjoy films that bring black people down. I find that a majority of the films that black people are starred in…

— Drake

I think the whole stigma of 'black movies' is slowly being lost. When you look at movies like '12 Years A Slave,' to 'The…

— Kevin Hart

There is an obsession with black tragedy. If you see a black movie, it's typically historical, and it tends to deal with our pain.…

— Justin Simien

The true story is that black people need to tell their history. Very few films are made by black people about slavery. That itself…

— Haile Gerima