Race and gender have always been the two matters of significant concern for any society, regardless of the level of its development. Just like any other critical social issue, they are addressed in art – motion pictures, novels, paintings, and plays. It is commonly driven by the desire to draw society’s attention to the criticality of these matters. However, the main challenge is how race and gender impact one’s further life and predetermine an individual’s chances of happy and careless life, enjoying social justice and equity. In some cases, accompanied by a person’s environment – family and community, – race and gender turn into the ground for a slow disaster. Therefore, the focus of the paper will be made on identifying examples pointing to relationships between gender and race and a slow disaster in one’s life. The main idea is to locate them in Moonlight, a movie, and Boy, Bird, Snow, a novel. To begin with, it is essential to state that Moonlight is a 2016 motion picture, depicting the life of an African American boy – Chiron. The most outstanding thing about the movie is the choice to depict the protagonist in situations, occurring during three distinct stages of his life – childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. As a child from a poor family, Chiron lives in an unfavorable neighborhood. As a teen, he faces significant challenges with his sexuality. As an adult man, he searches for the ways to become authentic. The movie is based on severely politicized and socially vital issues – race and gender. Being a black man is less challenging than being a black gay man. Therefore, being strongly politicized, Moonlight is a perfect movie for obtaining a better understanding of the relationships between race, gender, and one’s future life. Still, regardless of the fact that the movie is the portrayal of the so-called black experience, it is paramount to note that the cast is all African-American. From this perspective, the role of race is diminished, as only some general aspects of the black experience are depicted. For instance, Chiron comes from a poor family living in a tough neighborhood. Later, as an adult man, he becomes involved in illegal activities – drug dealing – that is another common aspect of the black experience. Other points of the influence of race on a person are complicated to determine due to showing no people of other races in the movie. Still, it is possible to conclude that race is a ground for social inequality because growing up in such a neighborhood without opportunities for decent education and working may be perceived as the manifestation of social inequality based on race. On the other hand, gender is one of the aspects that are obvious throughout the story. In fact, the story is a bright manifestation of the difficulties sexual minorities face in life. From the early childhood, Chiron was trying to become aware of his sexual identity, and people around him refused to respect it. For instance, his mother wanted to avoid conversations about homosexualism. Later, as he grows up, he is shown as a vulnerable person, and this vulnerability results from the inability of the community to accept Chiron’s authenticity and the very fact that he is a black gay, so all those around him are ashamed of his company and disrespect his life choices. It is a slow disaster for Chiron. More than that, there is a separate plot line that makes it evi