Jaden Piner, a Florida middle-school student who co-starred in the Oscar-winning "Moonlight," says he thought from the start the film was special.

Jaden Piner and Alex R Hibbert embrace as "Moonlight" wins the best picture award at the Oscars on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Matt Sayles Invision/AP If you ever ...

Jaden Piner, left, 13, and Alex Hibbert, right, 12, run through a drill in which they must show a range of emotions during drama class at Norland Middle School, Wednesday, March 1, 2017, in Miami ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Seventh-graders Alex Hibbert and Jaden Piner returned to middle school Wednesday as stars of an Oscar-winning film, but the “Moonlight” actors still had to go back… ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- One of the South Florida stars of the Oscar-winning film 'Moonlight' is now back in the Sunshine State. Thirteen-year-old Jaden Piner arrived at Miami International Airport ...

Jaden Piner started acting because his grandma made him do it.She was preaching at church one Sunday and needed a visual element for her sermon. She… Norland Middle Drama Teacher Is The 'Real ...

MIAMI GARDENS (CBSMiami) -- Fresh from the Oscars, Alex Hibbert, Jaden Piner and Tanisha Cidel, their drama teacher, are back in school, but things are a little different. The Norland Middle ...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Seventh-graders Alex Hibbert and Jaden Piner returned to middle school Wednesday as Oscar winners, but the “Moonlight” stars still had to go back to basics with their ...

Jaden Piner, left, 13, and Alex Hibbert, 12, speak about what it was like to be at the Academy Awards for their part in the film "Moonlight," during a news conference at Norland Middle School, ...

Seventh-graders Alex Hibbert and Jaden Piner returned to middle school on Wednesday as stars of an Oscar-winning film. But the "Moonlight" actors still had to go back to basics with their drama ...

MIAMI GARDENS — Seventh-graders Alex Hibbert and Jaden Piner returned to middle school Wednesday as Oscar winners, but the "Moonlight" stars still had to go back to basics with their classmates ...