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Jay-Z - Moonlight

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Editorial | Color | VFX | Finishing | Mastering

Release date: 2017-08-10

Creating an all-black Friend’s episode verbatim, Jay-Z’s “Moonlight” video tricks viewers into thinking it’s asking just that question, but ends up exploring a more existential idea: What does it look like when black bodies are used as stage props to serve a vanilla narrative? The story that follows centers on Jerrod Carmichael’s dark journey of discovering his worth isn’t valued as highly as he’d been made to believe, exposing Hollywood’s exploitative tricks. (Hence, the La La Land reference.) He’s joined by this generation’s best new black talent, including Issa Rae, Tiffany Haddish, Lakeith Stanfield, and more. Among its many highs, “Moonlight” has the year’s best cast.

Credits

Director:

Alan Yang

Loom Post Production

Executive Producers

Corentin De Saedeleer

Post Producer

Terry Huynh

Post Coordinator

Jeff Waterson

Editor

Isaac Hagy

Colorist

Brandon Chavez

Production

Executive Producers

Chaka Pilgrim, Inga Veronique, Michael Sagol, Jasper Thomlinson

Producers

R. Stephan Mohammed, Jamie Rabineau

Label

Copyright

Rocnation