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Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

By: Sep. 10, 2018
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IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK had its world premiere this evening at the Toronto International Film Festival at the Princess of Wales Theater. See the photos below!

Attendees included KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Brian Tyree Henry, Writer/Director/Producer BARRY Jenkins, Plan B's Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner and PASTEL'S Adele Romanski and Sara Murphy.

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK opens in theaters in New York on November 30th Los Angeles on December 7th and expanding in December and January.

Academy Award-winning writer/director BARRY Jenkins' first film since the Best Picture Oscar-winning Moonlight is If Beale Street Could Talk, his adaptation of James Baldwin's novel - the first English-language feature film based on the work of the author, to whom the movie is dedicated.

Set in early-1970s Harlem, If Beale Street Could Talk is a TIMELESS and moving love story of both a couple's unbreakable bond and the African-American family's empowering embrace, as told through the eyes of 19-year old Tish Rivers (screen newcomer KiKi Layne). A daughter and wife-to-be, Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and TRUST that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny (Stephan James). Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.

Tish knows that Fonny is innocent, and is mindful that his good friend Daniel Carty (Tony and Emmy Award nominee Brian Tyree Henry) has only recently been freed after an unjust incarceration. While Fonny's mother (Aunjanue Ellis) clings to piety and his father (Michael Beach) grapples with feelings of powerlessness, Tish's earthy father Joseph (Colman Domingo) and fierce older sister Ernestine (Teyonah Parris) are unwavering in their support. Even more anxious to clear Fonny's name is Tish's deeply compassionate mother Sharon (Emmy Award winner Regina King), readying to put herself on the line for her daughter and future son-in-law's happiness...

...and for the couple's unborn child, whose arrival will herald new joys and challenges. Facing the unexpected prospect of PARENTHOOD and holding down a job without her partner at her side, Tish must adjust her perspective on the realities of her existence. She visits Fonny regularly, trying to shore up his spirit even as prison takes its toll. As the weeks turn to months, Tish reaffirms their hopes and resilience, relying on familial and inner strength.

Through the unique intimacy and power of cinema, If Beale Street Could Talk honors the author's prescient words and imagery, charting the emotional currents navigated in an unforgiving and racially biased world as the filmmaker poetically crosses time frames to show how love and humanity endure.

Photo Credit: Arthur Mola

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Barry Jenkins

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Barry Jenkins

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Barry Jenkins

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Barry Jenkins, Colman Domingo

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Barry Jenkins, Colman Domingo, Regina King

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Barry Jenkins, Kiki Layne, Stephan James

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Barry Jenkins, Stephan James, Kiki Layne

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Brian Tyree Henry

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Brian Tyree Henry, Colman Domingo

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Brian Tyree Henry, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Kiki Layne, Stephan James, BARRY Jenkins, Teyonah Parris

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Colman Domingo, Demetrius Grosse

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Colman Domingo, Regina King, Kiki Layne, Stephan James

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Jeremy Kleiner, Brian Tyree Henry, Dede Gardner, Producer, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Kiki Layne, Stephan James, BARRY Jenkins, Teyonah Parris, Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, Megan Ellison

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Kiki Layne

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Kiki Layne, Joi McMillon

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Kiki Layne, Stephan James

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Regina King, Colman Domingo, Brian Tyree Henry

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Kiki Layne, Teyonah Parris

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Lamar Johnson, Eleanor Worthington Cox, MICHAELA Kurimsky, Ahmed Malek, Jessica Salgueiro, Devery Jacobs

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Regina King

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Regina King, Colman Domingo

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Sara Murphy, James Laxton, Adele Romanski

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Stephan James

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Stephan James, BARRY Jenkins

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Teyonah Parris

Photo Coverage: See Barry Jenkins, Brian Tyree Henry, and More at the TIFF Premiere of IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK  Image
Teyonah Parris, Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo



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