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12-year-old Alex Hibbert on "Moonlight"

He's only 12 years old, but Alex Hibbert, who had never acted in a film before, became the emotional lynchpin for the new movie "Moonlight," which is now up for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. In this web extra, Hibbert talked with Nancy Giles about his audition process and what it was like to play his character.
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