Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney and director Barry Jenkins pose with Oscars after the Academy Awards ceremony. Photo: Xinhua Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney and director Barry Jenkins pose with Oscars after the Academy Awards ceremony. Photo: Xinhua
Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney and director Barry Jenkins pose with Oscars after the Academy Awards ceremony. Photo: Xinhua
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How Moonlight pulled off the Oscar upset of a lifetime

It was the most critically adored nominee going into the Academy Awards, but films as good as Moonlight don’t often win best picture

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Updated: 2:55pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney and director Barry Jenkins pose with Oscars after the Academy Awards ceremony. Photo: Xinhua Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney and director Barry Jenkins pose with Oscars after the Academy Awards ceremony. Photo: Xinhua
Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney and director Barry Jenkins pose with Oscars after the Academy Awards ceremony. Photo: Xinhua
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