February 27, 2017 6:30 PM By Mike Cugno <\/p>\n
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) Liberty City is buzzing with Oscar pride after Moonlight took home three of those little gold statues. <\/p>\n
It made me feel good, said Marva, a Liberty City resident. Im a black person and you know for a black young boy like that it made me feel good. Im proud of them. <\/p>\n
On Monday, at MLK Restaurant, CBS4s Mike Cugno met up with rapper Luther Campbell who says he hopes the film casts a new light on their city. <\/p>\n
Unfortunately the only thing you see is the shooting and the murders and the drive-bys, those things, said Campbell. There are some special people in Liberty City. <\/p>\n
Now the world will get to see a different side of this area as well as a couple of emerging stars Alex Hibbert and Jaden Piner. <\/p>\n
Those are the two Norland middle school students who were in the film. <\/p>\n
Many people think Miami is just something that is beautiful, said Norland student Shadavia Jones. I feel like this movie showed the real Miami. <\/p>\n
Now a community known more for its football stats has something new to hang its hats on. <\/p>\n
We got an Oscar, said Campbell. Thats something that nobody can ever take away from us. I said in a tweet last night Im proud as hell to be from Liberty City. <\/p>\n
Mike Cugno joined CBS4 as a Producer, Reporter and occasional sports anchor in October 2014. Cugno is a Miami native. He attended Miamis Christopher Columbus High School before getting accepted to Florida State University where he stu... <\/p>\n
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