Oscar front-runner Mahershala Ali on "the most impactful experience" of his career

Moonlight

Mahershala Ali tells Jeremy Kay how he dug deep into his childhood to portray Juan, a Miami drug dealer who becomes a surrogate father to Moonlight’s conflicted young protagonist.

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