Discuss and critically interpret the dominant visual metaphors in Moonlight and
Precious:
Based on the Novel Push By Saphire. Moonlight contains a number of
recurring visual metaphors—the image of the door, the shoreline, the sensation of
wind—that punctuate the development of the film’s protagonist Chiron. What
significance do these metaphors have for conveying a sense of what Paul Gilroy, in
The Black Atlantic, calls the “sublime”? Consider identifying the visual metaphors that
capture and represent the various forms of violence that Chiron and Precious are
forced to endure—metaphors like the recurrent red scarf in Precious, for example.
Contrast these with the visual metaphors in each film that best embody a sense of
hope, escape or peace.