Write a 1000-word critical reflection on the concepts of love, family, and kinship in Barry Jenkins’ and Terry Alvin McCraney’s Moonlight.

Write a 1000-word critical reflection on the concepts of love, family, and kinship in Barry Jenkins’ and Terry Alvin McCraney’s Moonlight. For your brief rumination, you may find it useful to draw on Richard T. Rodriguez’s “Making Queer Familia,” a short essay in which the author offers a useful conceptualization of kinship practices among queers of color. (The first three pages of Rodriguez’s essay should prove of particular use. That said, you are not required to draw on “Making Queer Familia” as a reference; this is merely a suggestion, so perhaps skim the first couple of pages and decide from there.)

With regards to length, please submit nothing less than 900—nor anything more than 1400—words.

Lastly, do bear in mind: Short paper # 2 will be a personal, autobiographical reflection on queerness. As such, though you may briefly refer to your own experiences as you’re reflecting on Moonlight, please limit your focus primarily to Jenkins’ and McCraney’s 2016 film.