Romantic If Beale Street Could Talk shines light on social justice


Writer/director Barry Jenkins announced himself as a major filmmaker with his second film, 2016’s Moonlight, which won three Oscars, including Best Picture. His follow-up, If Beale Street Could Talk, is already notable as it marks the first American fiction film adaptation of any of author James Baldwin’s works. The film centers on Fonny (Stephan James) and Tish (Kiki Layne), a young African-American couple who live in Harlem in the 1970s. It is at once timeless…

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