Juan (played by Mahershala Ali) teaches Chiron (Alex Hibbert) how to swim in Moonlight. The film is told with different actors playing Chiron at different stages of his life.
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Playwright Tarell McCraney and filmmaker Barry Jenkins drew on their own childhood experiences in making Moonlight, a film about a boy growing up in a Miami housing project.
Juan (played by Mahershala Ali) teaches Chiron (Alex Hibbert) how to swim in Moonlight. The film is told with different actors playing Chiron at different stages of his life.
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