Florida "Moonlight" Stars Back Home and In Class (VIDEO)

By Mike Mreczko

March 1, 2017

Norland Middle School celebrates Moonlight Oscar win

Posted by WIOD on Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Even on a small budget of less than two million dollars, the people involved with making "Moonlight" knew they had something big.

An independent film that used an open casting call to find young actors to portray the leads early in the movie, the crew quickly felt from watching the dailies that they had an exceptionally strong film telling the story of a man dealing with issues from his sexuality, bullying and an abusive, crack-smoking mother in Liberty City.

Even on a small budget of less than two million dollars, the people involved with making "Moonlight" knew they had something big.

An independent film that used an open casting call to find young actors to portray the leads early in the movie, the crew quickly felt from watching the dailies that they had an exceptionally strong film telling the story of a man dealing with issues from his sexuality, bullying and an abusive, crack-smoking mother in Liberty City.

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