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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 of the same name.
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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Set in the 1970s Tish (Kiki Layne) is a 19-year-old African-American woman living in West Harlem, New York City, and she is madly in love with Fonny (Stephan James), a fellow African American man who is a few years older than her. He is kind and warm and loves her deeply.
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...
Jan 1, 1974 · Told through the eyes of Tish, a nineteen-year-old girl, in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and imprisoned.
Dec 12, 2018 · If Beale Street Could Talk Rated R for violence (state and domestic) and strong language. Running time: 1 hour 59 minutes.
Nov 27, 2018 · IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, directed by Academy Award winner Barry Jenkins, is NOW PLAYING IN SELECT THEATERS.
Sep 20, 2018 · In early 1970’s Harlem, Tish, a nineteen-year old girl, is in love with a young sculptor, Fonny, the father of her unborn child. When Fonny is falsely accused of rape and imprisoned, Tish and ...