Juan enters the house and tries to convince Little to join him. Early on in the film Little runs into an abandoned house after being chased and bullied by a group of boys. It showed me that our rituals are real, our lived experiences show that everyday. Looking in Chiron’s eyes while he receives a call from Kevin tells us a story of love, unconventional in today’s heteronormative world but real and not imagined in my experience. Moonlight is pedagogical because it teaches with nuance, sincerity and without spectacle that black 'love is love is love' as Lin-Manuel Miranda said at the Tony Awards. That kisses will be part of the love repertoire of the world in ways we can't imagine or have forgotten today. Ok well in this case, a kiss placed on the lips between two presumably masculine black men will be the new affixed norm.
One day, I declare it! A kiss between two men, hetero, cisgender or queer will not be shocking.
