![]() ![]() Tish and Fonny’s relationship is told primarily via flashbacks interwoven throughout the present-day turmoil. After Tish discovers she’s pregnant, her and her family band together in a desperate effort to clear his name. The picture-perfect love story is almost immediately shattered, however, when Fonny is incarcerated on a false rape accusation. The film chronicles the relationship between 22-year-old Alonzo (Stephan James), who goes by Fonny, and 19-year-old Tish (KiKi Layne) as they navigate life and love in 1970s Harlem. ![]() Although his third feature film is more flawed than its predecessor, “If Beale Street Could Talk” is an undeniably beautiful portrait of a couple torn apart by a corrupt criminal justice system. “Moonlight” was only the beginning for director Barry Jenkins.Īlmost two years after his second feature film’s best picture win, Jenkins’ name has resurfaced in the Oscars conversation following the release of his highly anticipated new film “If Beale Street Could Talk.” Adapted from James Baldwin’s 1974 novel, the film is a delicate period romance and a poignant depiction of racial injustice that showcases Jenkins’ penchant for poetic visual storytelling. ![]()
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