If Beale Street Could Talk
Dir: Barry JenkinsCast: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King
117mins 2018 US 15 English
Audio Described If Beale Street Could Talk
A story about love persisting in the face of racial oppression and injustice in early 1970’s Harlem. Tish, a nineteen-year old girl, is in love with a young sculptor, Fonny, the father of her unborn child. When Fonny is falsely accused of rape and imprisoned, Tish and their families race to clear his name before the baby is born.
'A period piece that feels beautifully and painfully present: beautifully because love stories are timeless, painfully because the spectacle of racial injustice feels up to date' Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal.
