it is an adaptation of tarell mccraney's play, "in moonlight black boys look blue."he film focuses on three pivotal time periods in the life of a young man as he comes to terms with his sexuality and struggles to find his identity. coach writes that the film has the best take on black masculinity, ever. here is a look. ♪ >> what you looking at me like that for? >> what, man? come on, you just drove down here? >> yeah. ♪ >> who is you chiron? >> i try not to remember. ♪ >> i try to forget all those times. >> at some point, you gotta decide for yourself who you want to be. can't let nobody make that decision for you. ♪ >> you want to tell him why the other boys kick his ass all the time? >> what's wrong? >> i'm good. >> no. i've seen good. you ain't it. >> remember the last time i saw you? ♪ >> you are my only, i'm your only. >> no, no, no. listen. >> to who, ma? huh? to you? >> who is you, man? i ain't seen you in like a decade. not what i expected. >> what did you expect? ♪ charlie: joining me now is the writer and director of the film, barry jenkins. and three of it

it is an adaptation of tarell mccraney's play, "in moonlight black boys look blue."ses on three pivotal time periods in the life of a young man as he comes to terms with his sexuality and struggles to find his identity. coach writes that the film has the best take on black masculinity, ever. here is a look. ♪ >> what you looking at me like that for? >> what, man? come on, you just drove down here?

he and author tarell mccraney grew up in the same area and went to the same primary school, and their are kids back home who are watching this happen. that movie is in miami a lot now. we're talking about the ceiling. did i break the ceiling? no. but i think the ceiling is raising for me. people back home are seeing, the ceiling, maybe it was here. "now, i guess it's up here, because barryjenkins and tarell got nominated for eight academy awards, you know. so if i win, i hope it will make people back home proud, and that would be the most important thing to me. that's it. now it's time for the news where you are. have a very good night. hello and welcome to sportsday, i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes. the headlines tonight: leicester force a replay with derby in the opening match of the fa cup 11th round. arsene's argy bargy against blackburn earns him a four match touchline ban. and the old masters show how it's done in melbourne as nadaljoins federer in the australian open final. so a cracking show and we're starting with the fa cup 11th round which began tonight. championship promotion—

it is a composite of myself and tarell mccraney. it was the first thing i saw in it.id he know the things i know? i think getting to the point where i accepted i was going to tell the story and tell it fully, that was the biggest hurdle for me. charlie: are you surprised by the reaction? >> i wrote a journal a week before the film premiered at telluride to tell myself what i thought of the film and what i was proud of and i decided i was very proud of it, no matter what anybody said. charlie: are you finding that people want to communicate with you because of this film? >> big-time. [laughter] charlie: why are you laughing? same thing for you? are you getting it too. >> yes. >> people are deeply moved to see themselves represented, because they do not see themselves as very often. they are seeing it in a very true way. they are like, how did you know this? i didn't but i'm glad you saw. charlie: take a look. this is another scene, a drug dealer returning chiron back to his mother. here it is. >> what happened? huh? what happened chiron? why didn't you come home? huh?

it is an adaptation of tarell mccraney's play, "in moonlight black boys look blue."ods in the life of a young man as he comes to terms with his sexuality and struggles to find his identity. coach writes that the film has the best take on black masculinity, ever. here is a look. ♪

he and the author, tarell alvin mccraney, grew up in the same area and went to the same primary schooli think there are kids back at home who are watching this happen, and it happens in miami a lot now, and they talk about the ceiling, did i break the ceiling? no, but i think the ceiling is raised for me. i think people back home were seeing the ceiling was here, and now it's up here, because barryjenkins and ta rell got nominated for the academy awards. so if i win, i hope it would make people back home proud, and that would be important to me. director barryjenkins there, speaking to our entertainment director barryjenkins there, speaking to our entertainment correspondent chi chi izundu. before we go, let's just show you how some of the british press is covering theresa may's visit to the white house. the saturday editions are out, and as you can see, her relationship with donald trump is filling the headlines. this is the independent. it's headline is trump backs brexit to seal special relationship. and this is the daily express. it has a photo of donald trump holding theresa may's

to me that basically the character i play is an amalgamation of his mother and the original tarell alvin mccraneyector and screenplay and, of course, best picture nomination also. what will it be like to go to the oscars with your whole filmmaking team to celebrate how well "moonlight's" done? >> that is the best, the best feeling ever because there is so much love and passion that has gone into this film, and i can't think of more deserving people to be nominated and for us a nomination is a win. we are just over the moon with it because it is so much fun working on it and so much passion and such a beautiful movie that's been created that it's just wonderful to get this kind of recognition and we are all going to be floating down the red carpet. >> well, fitting that you're over the moon for "moonlight." it's very fitting that you would say that, naomie. congratulations. >> thank you. >> and we will see you, my friend, we will see you on the red carpet. enjoy your day. >> i look forward to it. >> all right. >> i know, exactly. >> and every designer in the world right now is like, get me naomie

allison schroeder and theodore melfi "lion," luke davies and "moonlight," barry jenkins and tarell alvin mccraneydemy and the oscars was when i was there nom for an oscar and i haven't stopped watching it since.the nominees for animated feature are -- >> "kubo and the two strings," "moana," "moana," "my life as a zucchini," "the red turtle" and "zootopia." >> the nominees for animated short are -- >> "blind vaysha," "borrowed time." "pear cider and >> i got to meet lee daniels, the director and he me 45 minutes of talking and so i don't know how other people get nominated for oscars but for me it was hella easy. here's some mo >> actress in a supporting role viola davis "fences," naomie "moonlight," nicole kidman in "lion," "hidden figures" by the sea." film editing, "hacksaw ridge," "hell or high water," "la la land" and "moonlight." >> my phone rang. it was my father and we both just started crying and neither of us could finish the sentence. it was one of the greatest moments of my life and it was two years later we got nominated together for "up in the air." nominees for lead actress are. >>