If Beale Street Could Talk Cast

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.

If beale street could talk cast. Review by keith lawrence. 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. Kiki layne stephan. The title is a reference to the 1916 w c.

Based on the novel written by james baldwin. Directed by barry jenkins. That many films are excellent nearly the best of the year due to the craft of the film as a complete package that picking out one aspect like an actor or director from the intricate clockwork of the movie does the movie as a whole a disservice. Handy blues song beale street blues named after beale street in downtown memphis tennessee.

If beale street could talk dir. Movies like if beale street could talk and also roma feel to me like an illustration of the opposite of this viewpoint. 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. Get your tickets now.

Set in early 1970s harlem if beale street could talk is a timeless and moving love story of both a couple s unbreakable bond and the african american family s empowering embrace as told through. If beale street could talk it would ask me to stop crying during its entire run time. With kiki layne stephan james regina king teyonah parris. It was adapted as a film of the same name written and directed by barry jenkins and.