10 · 26 · 22 Special Screening of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK by Barry Jenkins at the 20th FICM Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Laura García A screening of If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), based on the James Baldwin novel of the same name, was held as a part of the Barry Jenkins Special Guest Program at the 20th Morelia International Film Festival (FICM). With Daniela Michel, founder and general director of FICM, producer Adele Romanski, and editor Joi McMillon in attendance. Barry Jenkins "I love this movie, it's based on a novel by my favorite author, so it was emotionally difficult for me to make, especially after the energy that Moonlight (2016) had," Jenkins said. If Beale Street Could Talk is a romantic drama about two Black teenagers who are victims of racial violence when Fonny (Stephan James) is wrongfuly arrested by a policeman. Tish (KiKi Layne) will try to seek justice with his family while also dealing with a pregnancy. Barry Jenkins “This is a film with loving energy, passion, and pain. What's interesting here is that [Nicholas Britell] used the same very beautiful sounds with which he expresses sublime feelings, to express darkness. We just took beauty and corrupted it," mused Barry Jenkins. This feature film premiered at the 2016 Toronto Film Festival and was awarded the Audience Award at the 2017 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
