If Beale Street Could Talk
Academy Award winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) adapts James Baldwin’s acclaimed novel in If Beale Street Could Talk, a love story set in 1970s New York. Friends since childhood, Tish (KiKi Layne) and Fonny (Stephan James) fall in love and are soon expecting their first child. But their plans for the future are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. Relying on familial and inner strength, Tish and Fonny must fortify themselves against a world intent on tearing them apart. Breathing new life into Baldwin’s brilliant narrative of black America, Jenkins delivers a beautifully crafted feast for the eyes, ears and heart with this quietly powerful masterpiece.
RELEASE DATE 14 February 2019
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Sensitive, believable and engaging telling of a heartbreaking and heart-warming story.
Ok
An inspiring and moving story, with some pertinent issues raised in this film.
Absolutely loved this film . Very moving
Drawn out but well crafted and beautifully acted film. From the 1974 novel it's an indictment that 45 years later not much has changed and we need a #black lives matter campaign.
I found the subject and acting fantastic, but the movie itself I found too slow and could have been edited to about 90mins instead of 120mins.
Well acted and interesting storyline