Here's your first look at If Beale Street Could Talk, from Moonlight director Barry Jenkins
On Thursday, Annapurna Pictures released the first trailer for If Beale Street Could Talk — and it's an emotional doozy. The film, based on James Baldwin's seminal 1974 novel of the same name, chronicles the rollercoaster love story of a young couple separated by a wrongful imprisonment.
Set in New York City's Harlem neighborhood in the 1970s, If Beale Street Could Talk chronicles 19-year-old Tish and 22-year-old Fonny's relationship as Fonny is framed for rape and jailed — after which Tish discovers she's pregnant. The trailer eschews linear plot moments in favor of conveying an overarching mood, using a series of striking quick cuts to capture moments of emotion in the couple's quest to free Fonny from jail in time for the birth of their child.
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