GIVING BACK Moonlight Creators Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin Mccraney Make $40K Donation

Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, creators of the award winning film Moonlight, and the movie’s cast, crew and producers were recently honored in Miami.
Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney, creators of the award winning film Moonlight, and the movie’s cast, crew and producers were recently honored in Miami.

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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