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Roxy Book Club

If Beale Street Could Talk

Roxy Book Club: Which is better, the book or the movie? To find out, take the month to read this month’s Roxy Book Club selection, James Baldwin's`1974 classic If Beale Street Could Talk. We’ll have a discussion about the book and its adaptation after the film screening.

Written for the screen and directed by Moonlight's Barry Jenkins, 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.
Cast: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King
Director: Barry Jenkins
Written by: Barry Jenkins
Rated: R
Duration: 120 min
Released: 2018
Genre: Drama

Roxy Book Club

If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk