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