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Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney started out life in the slums of Miami. His mother was addicted to crack and died of an Aids-related illness, and his stepfather was killed by drug dealers. To add to that Tarell was gay and growing up in a neighbourhood where that was potentially dangerous. Back in 2011, Tarell told us about his extraordinary childhood. (Picture: Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney, left, and director Barry Jenkins, right. Photo credit: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images.)