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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 ...
Dec 25, 2018 · A drama romance film based on James Baldwin's novel, directed by Barry Jenkins. It follows a pregnant woman who tries to prove her lover's innocence after he is falsely accused of rape in 1970s New York.
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- Drama, Romance
- Barry Jenkins
- 2018-12-25
If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by American writer James Baldwin. His fifth novel (and 13th book overall), it is a love story set in Harlem in the early 1970s. [1] [2] The title is a reference to the 1916 W.C. Handy blues song "Beale Street Blues", named after Beale Street in Downtown Memphis, Tennessee .
- James Baldwin
- 1974
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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- Barry Jenkins
- R
- Kiki Layne
Sep 20, 2018 · Get Your Tickets Now: https://tickets.bealestreet.movie/ Trust love all the way. Based on the novel written by James Baldwin. IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, directed by Academy Award winner...
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Jan 1, 2001 · 61,701 ratings6,905 reviews. In this honest and stunning novel, James Baldwin has given America a moving story of love in the face of injustice. 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.
Dec 10, 2018 · Reviews. If Beale Street Could Talk. Odie Henderson December 10, 2018. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. We are republishing this piece on the homepage in allegiance with a critical American movement that upholds Black voices.
