If Beale Street Could Talk

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feature film novel

If Beale Street Could Talk is a 1974 novel by James Baldwin that portrays a young Black couple’s love and struggle for justice in Harlem amid systemic racism and wrongful imprisonment.

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If Beale Street Could Talk canonical	30
If Beale Street Could Talk (film)	3
If Beale Street Could Talk (novel)	2
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018 film)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feature film ⓘ novel ⓘ
author	James Baldwin ⓘ
basedOn	If Beale Street Could Talk self-linksurface differs ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
depicts	police misconduct ⓘ racial profiling ⓘ
director	Barry Jenkins ⓘ
explores	criminal justice system in the United States ⓘ impact of incarceration on families ⓘ
focusesOn	a young Black couple ⓘ struggle for justice ⓘ
genre	African-American literature ⓘ novel ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ romantic drama film ⓘ social novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation	If Beale Street Could Talk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: If Beale Street Could Talk (film)
hasCharacter	Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt ⓘ Fonny’s family ⓘ Tish Rivers ⓘ Tish’s family ⓘ
hasISBN	978-0-385-33775-3 ⓘ
literaryMovement	African-American literature of the 20th century ⓘ
mainCharacter	Alonzo "Fonny" Hunt ⓘ Tish Rivers ⓘ
medium	print ⓘ
narrativePointOfView	first-person ⓘ
narrator	Tish Rivers ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	James Baldwin bibliography ⓘ
publicationYear	1974 ⓘ
publisher	Dial Press ⓘ
releaseYear	2018 ⓘ
settingCity	New York City ⓘ
settingCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
settingLocation	Harlem ⓘ
theme	Black identity ⓘ family support ⓘ love ⓘ racism ⓘ systemic injustice ⓘ wrongful imprisonment ⓘ
timePeriod	early 1970s ⓘ

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