"MOONLIGHT - UNDER THE LIGHT OF THE MOON" and the emotional suffering of LGBT's

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Abstract

This work presents an analysis of the movie Moonlight, directed by director Barry Jenkins, focusing on the emotional suffering and difficult life experience faced by the character Chiron, a black, homosexual and poor boy whose experience is represented by bullying, prejudice and lack of family background as a background. The central character of the plot grows in a violent neighborhood of Miami, under the influence of a mother using drugs, a local drug dealer who teaches him lessons of experience and the girlfriend of the trafficker who always welcomes him in the most difficult moments. Chiron must deal with the hostility of his friends and family because of his different way of behaving in society and the way he sees the world. The boy grows up and during his adolescence is arrested. After leaving, he also becomes a drug dealer, however, he meets Kevin, a childhood friend who introduced him to the homosexual world during the plot. The film demonstrates the difficulty of society in understanding and accepting homosexuality, and the emotional suffering that homosexuals are subjected to when their initial living spaces are not welcoming.

 

Key words: Emotional suffering; LGBT; Homosexuality; Prejudice; Bullying.

Author Biographies

Marlos Coutinho Alves de Souza, Universidade Federal Fluminense UFF

Mestrando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Administração pela Universidade Federal Fluminense, MBA em Gestão de Negócios e Marketing, Graduado em Farmácia. Foi docente em cursos como Administração, Marketing, Gestão Hospitalar e Recursos Humanos. Experiência com Marketing para a Indústria Farmacêutica. Atualmente atua como Business Controller na indústria alimentícia, Consultor e Instrutor de Educação Corporativa e Gestão de Pessoas filiado à SBPNL, São Paulo/SP.  Interessa-se por pesquisas no campo da Diversidade sexual, Diversidade cultural, Gestão da Diversidade e Estudos Organizacionais.

 

Mariana Rambaldi, Universidade Federal Fluminense UFF

Mestranda do Programa de Pós-graduação em Administração pela Universidade Federal Fluminense, MBA em Direitos Humanos. Graduada em Psicologia na Universidade Federal Fluminense. Atualmente atua como Psicóloga na Secretaria Municipal de Educação e Cultura de Saquarema/RJ. Interessa-se por pesquisas no campo da Saúde no trabalho e Estudos Organizacionais.

 

Published

2018-12-04

How to Cite

Coutinho Alves de Souza, M., & Rambaldi, M. (2018). "MOONLIGHT - UNDER THE LIGHT OF THE MOON" and the emotional suffering of LGBT’s. Trabalho (En)Cena, 3(3), 172–186. Retrieved from https://sistemas.uft.edu.br/periodicos/index.php/encena/article/view/5485

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Resenha (de livro ou filme)

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