Q&A with Director of Moonlight, Barry Jenkins | TIFF

Published: Nov. 28, 2016, 4:12 p.m.

b'"After the election, I got all these messages from people saying \'I didn\'t know what to do with myself. So I went and saw your film.\' If people need to seek it out as a place of solace, or as a reminder that we can have empathy, I\'m happy that I didn\'t wait any longer to make it." Moonlight Director, Barry Jenkins, talks about discovering another layer of his film\'s importance following the American election. See it now at TIFF Bell Lightbox: http://www.tiff.net/films/moonlight'