WORDS: MATTHEW TODD
STAYING AFLOAT: Alex Hibbert as young Chiron, with Mahershala Ali as drug dealer Juan
FILMS THAT TELL THE STORY of gay men or black men — let alone black gay men — are few and far between. To say the least. But the second feature by director Barry Jenkins, who made his debut with Medicine for Melancholy more than eight years ago, opens in the UK in February. It is being lauded by critics, many of whom are already calling it the best film of the year.