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If Beale Street Could Talk is a 2018 American romantic drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins and based on James Baldwin's 1974 novel. It stars an ensemble cast that includes KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, Brian Tyree Henry, and Regina King ...
Dec 25, 2018 · If Beale Street Could Talk: Directed by Barry Jenkins. With KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Teyonah Parris. A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
Beale Street is the first Baldwin novel to focus exclusively on a Black love story; it is also the only novel in his corpus narrated by a woman. Published at the tail end of the Black Arts Movement, it explores love within Black life, centering on the emotional bonds holding two African American families together. [4]
In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny.
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Sep 20, 2018 · Based on the novel written by James Baldwin. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, directed by Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins, is NOW PLAYING IN SELECT THEATERS. #BealeStreet Cast: KiKi Layne, Stephan...
Dec 10, 2018 · “If Beale Street Could Talk” leaves the viewer with feelings of anger at the fate society forces Fonny to accept, but it also conjures up some optimism for his and Tish’s future. This isn’t a happy film but it isn’t a hopeless one, either.
If Beale Street Could Talk. After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence. Featuring an Oscar-winning performance by Regina King. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.