Blu-ray
If Beale Street could talk
Call Number
- BLU-RAY DRAMA (CEN)
Edition
Blu-ray version.
Languages
In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, closed-captioned, English descriptive audio.
Performers
KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, Brian Tyree Henry, Regina King, Aunjanue Ellis, Emily Rios, Finn Wittrock.
Publication Information
Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (119 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; language and some sexual content.
Summary
A timeless love story set in early 1970s Harlem. Newly engaged 19-year-old Tish and her fiance Fonny 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.
Notes
Title from container.
Based on the novel by James Baldwin.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2018.
Special features: Commentary with director Barry Jenkins ; deleted scenes ; If Beale Street could talk: poetry in motion ; gallery.
Subjects
- African Americans > Drama.
- African American couples > Drama.
- Man-woman relationships > Drama.
- Pregnant women > Drama.
- False arrest > Drama.
- African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama.
- Nineteen seventies > Drama.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Drama.
- Baldwin, James, 1924-1987 > Film adaptations.