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If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)

Name: If Beale Street Could Talk
Director: Barry Jenkins
Genre: drama film, romance film
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 7.1

If Beale Street Could Talk is a 2018 American romantic drama film written and directed by Barry Jenkins and based on James Baldwin's 1974 novel. It stars an ensemble cast that includes KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, Brian Tyree Henry, and Regina King. The film follows a young woman who, with her family's support, seeks to…

Directed by Barry Jenkins · Shot by James Laxton · Cut by Joi McMillon · Music by Nicholas Britell · Ratio 2:1 · 119 min

Behind the scenes

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (2018) | Behind the Scenes of Barry Jenkins Drama Movie — FilmIsNow Epic Movie Zone · 23 min
Barry Jenkins on his film IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK — American Film Institute · 2 min
If Beale Street Could Talk: Barry Jenkins Official Movie Interview | ScreenSlam — ScreenSlam · 3 min
Barry Jenkins If Beale Street Could Talk Toronto Film Festival 2018 — blacktreetv · 5 min
Composer Nicholas Britell and the Music of If Beale Street Could Talk — SoundWorks Collection · 17 min
Kiki Layne and Stephan James discuss portraying the love scenes in IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK — blacktreetv · 5 min
Barry Jenkins on Turning James Baldwin's IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK to Film | From Studio 9 — TIFF · 4 min
Academy Conversations: If Beale Street Could Talk — Oscars · 16 min

Elsewhere

More by Barry Jenkins

A Contract with God
untitled Claressa 'T-Rex' Shields Project
Medicine for Melancholy — 2008
Moonlight — 2016
Mufasa: The Lion King — 2024

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