
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.


A story of a young man running from the truth about his childhood returns in order to correct his past but ends up discovering a side of himself that he suppressed.
Andre Darnell Myers
Emanuel

Jerimiyah Dunbar
Demetrius

Rodney Chester
Kevin

Tom McLaren
Charles
Piper Dellums

Tim Christian
Rufus Tanksley
Rob Hemen

Matthew Camp
As I Am is a drama, fantasy film released in 2020 exploring themes of lgbt, teen drama, black lgbt, gay theme. Directed by Anthony Bawn, it stars Andre Darnell Myers, Jerimiyah Dunbar, Rodney Chester. A story of a young man running from the truth about his childhood returns in order to correct his past but ends up discovering a side of himself that he suppressed.
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