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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.”
Feb 13, 2019 · More than simple movie romances, both Jacques Demy's The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and Barry Jenkins' If Beale Street Could Talk capture the depth and expansiveness of the cycle of life with the delicate interplay of music, color, and light.
Nov 7, 2018 · If Beale Street Could Talk (Credit: Alamy) Barry Jenkins’ follow-up to Moonlight is an adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel. It confirms the director as one of the most talented working today ...
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 ...
Dec 14, 2018 · 1h 58min. Release Date: December 14, 2018. Genre: Drama, Romance. Based on the novel by James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk is the story of Tish, a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover's innocence while carrying their first born child to term. It is a celebration of love told through the story of a ...
Synopsis. 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. Tish goes to the prison where Fonny is incarcerated to tell him ...
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 ...
