American drama film by Barry Jenkins Moonlight is a 2016 American drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins, based on Tarell Alvin McCraney's unpublished semi-autobiographical play In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue. It stars Trevante Rhodes, André Holland, Janelle Monáe in her first film appearance, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome in his feature film debut, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. 1,787,542 views on February 27, 2017 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: Bill Paxton, 89th Academy Awards, HTTP 404, Casey Affleck. Wiki link