Anatomy of a scene: Moonlight

The making of a luminous scene in Moonlight. Alex Hibbert really didn’t know how to swim, so Mahershala Ali actually was teaching him. James Laxton’s cinematography, Nicholas Britell’s score, the actors’ work, all combine to make a beautiful scene in a remarkably powerful movie. This image of a baptism keeps coming back to me. I wouldn’t be surprised if it opens the Oscars broadcast.