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“Moonlight” Wins Academy Award for Best Picture

Northstar News Today
February 26, 2017
Frederick H. Lowe

The sun shined on “Moonlight,” which won the Oscar for Best Picture during Sunday’s night’s 89th Academy Awards.

Actress Faye Dunaway, who presented the award for best picture, announced that “La La Land” had won before realizing she made a mistake.

She then announced that “Moonlight” had won the Oscar for best picture. The cast of “Moonlight” ran to the stage, hugging each other as they celebrated their surprising win.

Blacks took home a record five Academy Awards. Winners included Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney for best adapted screenplay for “Moonlight,” a film about the coming of age story of a gay black boy growing to manhood under brutal and homophobic circumstances in Miami.

Mahershala Ali won an Oscar for best supporting actor for “Moonlight.” Ali is the first Muslim to win an Oscar.

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This article was edited from it's original version to provide clarity about the subject of the film "Moonlight," 

The original article can be found here: “Moonlight” Wins Academy Award for Best Picture

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