<p>Director Barry Jenkis' hometown is honouring him and his film "Moonlight" by renaming a street after the best picture Oscar winner.<br /><br />The Liberty City, the hometown of Jenkins and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, inspired the moving story of a boy struggling to come to terms with his sexuality while growing up in impoverished black community.<br /><br />According to the Miami New Times, a stretch of Miami-Dade County's Liberty City will be named "Moonlight Way," giving a nod to the inner city neighborhood that both Jenkins and McCraney called home and served as the backdrop for their personal memoirs intertwined in the coming-of-age film.<br /><br />"Moonlight Way" will be on NW 22nd Avenue from NW 61st Street to NW 66th Street - only a short distance from Liberty Square, where Jenkins grew up and where parts of "Moonlight" were filmed.<br /><br />The movie is adapted from McCraney's play 'In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue'.<br />"Moonlight" also won the best supporting actor Oscar for Mahershala Ali and the best adapted screenplay for Jenkins and McCraney, from a total of eight nominations.</p>
<p>Director Barry Jenkis' hometown is honouring him and his film "Moonlight" by renaming a street after the best picture Oscar winner.<br /><br />The Liberty City, the hometown of Jenkins and playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, inspired the moving story of a boy struggling to come to terms with his sexuality while growing up in impoverished black community.<br /><br />According to the Miami New Times, a stretch of Miami-Dade County's Liberty City will be named "Moonlight Way," giving a nod to the inner city neighborhood that both Jenkins and McCraney called home and served as the backdrop for their personal memoirs intertwined in the coming-of-age film.<br /><br />"Moonlight Way" will be on NW 22nd Avenue from NW 61st Street to NW 66th Street - only a short distance from Liberty Square, where Jenkins grew up and where parts of "Moonlight" were filmed.<br /><br />The movie is adapted from McCraney's play 'In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue'.<br />"Moonlight" also won the best supporting actor Oscar for Mahershala Ali and the best adapted screenplay for Jenkins and McCraney, from a total of eight nominations.</p>