If Beale Street Could Talk: Here’s the Powerful Story Behind the Adaptation

Barry Jenkins left us in awe with his lush, nuanced storytelling in 2016's Moonlight, and now, he's poised to do it again with the drama If Beale Street Could Talk.

Due in theaters on Dec.

25, it's already a critical darling with three Golden Globe nominations to its name - and award season has barely begun.In his latest project, Jenkins adapts James Baldwin's book of the same name, the title of which alludes to W.C.

Handy's "Beale Street Blues." It pays homage to the Memphis street that became a bustling cultural spot for black artists and activists in the 20th century.

Baldwin grounds his novel in 1970s Harlem, but there's a timelessness to it that resonates with the buildup to the civil rights movements and the current Black Lives Matter movement.

And while it respects context, the book also develops its characters' internal lives with a tragic story that'll haunt you.

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