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cover certain topics that portray issues within the world. Because of this, theatre is an art form that can be used as a platform to discuss and bring awareness to issues that affect one’s community. The play, In the Red and Brown Water by Tarell Alvin Mccraney follows the upcoming of age story of Oya, a young African-American woman, that struggles to find her true self and identity within the projects of San Pere, Louisiana. With the presence of Yoruban tradition, In the Red and Brown Water explores
Chiron (Trevante Rhodes), who now goes by “Black”, he takes after his mentor and starts to deal drugs. Moonlight is, according to the director and screenwriter (Barry Jenkins), loosely based on "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue" a play by Tarell Alvin McCraney. This amazing film does a fantastic job of showing the human experience and all it's glory and lowliness. The fact that a gay black child is put in the very center of this special narrative just elevates the film's potential from the