
Moonlight(2016)
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.


Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.

Steve Zahn
Troy

Jillian Bell
Sally

Sasha Knight
Joe

Ann Dowd
Faith

Gary Farmer
Robert Spottedbird

Chris Coy
Jerry

John Reynolds
Grover

Bob Stephenson
Sheriff George Jenkins
AJ Slaght
Stevie

John Beasley
Ben
Cowboys is a drama film released in 2020 exploring themes of parent child relationship, melancholy, lgbt, mental health, father and child, transgender. Directed by Anna Kerrigan, it stars Steve Zahn, Jillian Bell, Sasha Knight. Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.
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