If Beale Stree Could Talk (2018)

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If Beale Stree Could Talk was released on December 25, 2018, in the USA. The American drama film was produced by Annapurna Pictures. The movie storyline was written and directed by Barry Jenkins. The movie was based on the novel which is written by James Baldwin in 1974 with the same title. The movie is quite a success and won 1 oscar in actress supporting role [1].

Plot

In the 1970s, two African-American childhood friends who become lovers, a 22-year-old guy named Fonny and a 19-year-old girl named Tish have decided what kind of future they would have. However, their dreams are shattered apart when Fonny is accused falsely of the Puerto Rican woman's rape because of the schemes of a racist cop. The trial has been set up where Fonny will not be released for some time. Thus, he can not prove that he was not at the rape scene. The victim even goes out of America to Puerto Rice. Then, Tish is pregnant and shares the news with her family including her mother Sharon (Regina King), her father Joseph (Colman Domingo), and her sister Ernestine (Teyonah Parris). Her family feels happy and gives total support for her pregnancy. But when they invite Fonny's family over while dinner, Tish and Fonny are declared as sinners by Fonny's mother although Fonny's father and sisters are cool with the situation. Despite the situation, Tish, her family, Fonny's family are trying their best to prove Fonny's innocence and look for evidence[2].

Controversy

Tish and Fonny[3]

There is a scene in the movie that shows Tish was harassed in a store. When Fonny tries to defend her, the racist cop believes that all of them were Fonny's fault, despite his innocence and the shop owner defended him [4]. This implies that the racist and discrimination in the 1970s are rooted even within law enforcement officials. This gives permission and enforcing white supremacy laws to do violence and brutality towards African Americans. For that reason, we can see that millions of African Americans move to Beale Streets of the North and West in the Southern of America[5].

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