GIVING BACK Moonlight Creators Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin Mccraney Make $40K Donation
GIVING BACK
Moonlight Creators Barry
Jenkins and Tarell Alvin
Mccraney Make $40K Donation
(Black PR Wire) MIAMI -- Hundreds attended the celebration
event honoring Liberty City’s own, Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin
McCraney, creators of the award winning film Moonlight, and the
movie’s cast, crew and producers at the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center (AHCAC) on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
During the outdoor stage presentation, Barry Jenkins and Tarell
Alvin McCraney jointly presented ceremonial checks to youth on stage in the amount of a $40k donation for the purpose of starting a cinematic arts program at the AHCAC.
McCraney, an alumnus of the Center, thanked its director, Marshall L. Davis, Sr. for finding the funds that gave him access to center programs as a child from an impoverished home.
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