IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK: BOOK CLUB

Showings

Ped Mall -Scene 1 Mon, Jan 21, 2019 6:30 PM
Event Info
Dialogue:Post-screening discussion with Jan Weissmiller and Tameka Cage Conley
Series Info
Series:Book Club
Film Info
Rating:R
Runtime:117 minutes
Director:Barry Jenkins
Year Released:2018
Production Country:USA
Language:English

Description

This presentation will be followed by a Book Club at FilmScene discussion with Jan Weismiller (Prairie Lights) and Tameka Cage Conley (literary artist and graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop). Complimentary glass of wine or coffee with your ticket! James Baldwin's book is now available for purchase at Prairie Lights and FilmScene.

 Additional, non-Book Club screenings of If Beale Street Could Talk here
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"Contains multitudes." - K. Austin Collins, Vanity Fair

"A work of social realism elevated to poetic heights by the sheer beauty of its voice and the humanism of its spirit."  
- Peter Debruge, Variety

"Achingly beautiful, each frame artfully composed and each song choice thoughtfully matched." - Benjamin Lee, the Guardian

NOMINEE - Golden Globes: Best Motion Picture Drama, Best Screenplay
WINNER - Golden Globes: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role (Regina King)
WINNER - AFI: Movie of the Year
NOMINEE - Independent Spirit Awards: Best Supporting Female, Best Feature, Best Director

Based on the novel by James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk is the story of Tish, a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover's innocence while carrying their first born child to term. It is a celebration of love told through the story of a young couple, their families and their lives, trying to bring about justice through love, for love and the promise of the American dream. Directed by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight).