If Beale Street Could Talk

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Call Number: DVD Drama If
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

Based on the novel by James Baldwin.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.
Wide screen (2.00:1).
Special features: Commentary with Barry Jenkins; deleted scenes; If Beale Street could talk: Poetry in motion; gallery.
Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Aunjanue Ellis.
A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem involving newly engaged nineteen-year- old Tish and her fiance Fonny who have a beautiful future ahead. But their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit. Now the pair and their families must fight for justice in the name of love and the promise of the American dream.
DVD, wide screen (2.00:1); Dolby digital 5.1; described video.
Contents: If Beale Street could talk.

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Devastating Effects of Prejudice submitted by sVfGI7Glt2pz7GZgVB90 on June 17, 2020, 1:10pm Based on James Baldwin’s 1974 novel, this movie follows a young couple in 1970s New York whose lives are thrown into chaos when the man is mistakenly locked up.