July 28, 2024 - In this audio essay, Victor explores the themes of identity, motherhood and masculinity in the Oscar-winning film Moonlight (2016), directed by Barry Jenkins.
Written, edited and produced by Victor Omoayo
Sources for this episode:
Jenkins, Barry. Audio Commentary. Moonlight, A24, 2016.
Tracy, Maurice. “Moving through Trauma: Black Queer Vulnerability in Moonlight.” QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, vol. 9, no. 1, Spring 2022, pp. 43–57. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.14321/qed.9.issue-1.0043.
Watkins-Hayes, Celeste, et al. “Eclipsed: Darkness, Light, and Motherhood in the Sexualized Drug Economy of Moonlight.” Western Journal of Black Studies, vol. 43, no. 3/4, Fall/Winter2019 2019, pp. 81–89. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=143467848&scope=site.
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