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‘If Beale Street Could Talk:’ filmmaker Barry Jenkins adapts James Baldwin’s novel

Dec. 13, 2018 Books

Stephan James as Fonny and KiKi Layne as Tish in "If Beale Street Could Talk." Photo credit: Tatum Mangus/Annapurna Pictures

Barry Jenkins’ new movie is “If Beale Street Could Talk,” an adaptation of a James Baldwin novel. It’s a love story in 1970s Harlem, told in flashbacks. When 19-year-old Tish discovers she’s pregnant, her family works hard to get her partner, Fonny, out of prison in time for the birth.

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