If Beale Street Could Talk
Project LEARN Category
L- Listen
E- Educate
Intended Audience(s)
Theme/Focus
Racism
Movie Details
Director: Barry Jenkins
Release Year: 2018
Running Time: 1 hour 59 minutes
Rating: R
*BIPOC Director Designation
Movie Synopsis
In early 1970s Harlem, daughter and wife-to-be Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny. Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together, but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.