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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.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.
Director Barry Jenkins summons James Baldwin’s spirit in his adaptation of the author’s 1974 book, “If Beale Street Could Talk” by immediately quoting him onscreen: “Every black person born in America was born on Beale Street, whether in Jackson, Mississippi, or in Harlem, New York. Beale Street is our legacy.”
Written by people who wish to remain anonymous. If Beale Street Could Talk is a film about two people in love. Fonny and Tish are two lovers that have known each other for most of their lives. They decide to move into a place of their own together and after being rejected over and over by landlords for being black they finally find a place to ...
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Dec 12, 2018 · Dec. 12, 2018. Every so often, the characters in Barry Jenkins’s anguished and mournful “If Beale Street Could Talk” look straight at the camera, and at you. In some movies, this kind of ...
- Barry Jenkins
- Manohla Dargis
- 119 min
Oct 10, 2018 · When KiKi Layne's Tish and Stephan James' Fonny make love for the first time, If Beale Street Could Talk cuts to a golden light shimmering off the surface of a jazz record. It spins, unevenly but ...
Nov 7, 2018 · His film is lush and ambitious, its theme of racial bias as relevant now as it was when Baldwin’s novel first appeared. The film is also too pretty for its own good at times, and more compelling ...
Sep 10, 2018 · Barry Jenkins follows his Oscar winner, 'Moonlight,' with this adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel 'If Beale Street Could Talk,' about a young Harlem couple divided by a false criminal ...
