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, but his masterful handling of the character's complexity leaves a strong impression on any viewer. A drug dealer in Liberty City, Miami, Juan finds a young child named Chiron -- played by Alex Hibbert in the first chapter and later by Ashton Sanders and Trevante Rhodes -- who is hiding from bullies while with his mother, Paula , in a crackhouse.
The relationship between Juan and Chiron is complicated for one reason; although the older man serves as a haven for the child, as a drug dealer during the height of the crack epidemic, he directly has a hand in Chiron's mother's addiction. Even as Juan compassionately provides Chiron with a defender and protector, he is culpable in the neglect the child suffers because of his mother's hopeless addiction.
But luckily, he made it, and Kaluuya's portrayal of the unlucky Chris Washington is a large part of the winning formula. Chris, a young photographer journeying to meet his girlfriend Rose's family, is forced to fight for his survival when the meeting turns sinister. Already haunted by the death of his mother in his childhood, Chris tries not to let his paranoia overwhelm him as he begins to sense the wrongness amid Rose's family.
The film is a meditation on race and racism, born in the days following the election of President Barack Obama -- a time that "This film deals with how much Black men and women internalize what's happened with them and don't share it," Kaluuya told ET."It comes out in such a visceral way that looks like rage, that looks unexplainable, that looks like it's coming out of nowhere.
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