(JTA) — “If Beale Street Could Talk,” the new film from “Moonlight” director Barry Jenkins, is at heart a film about African-American love during a time of rampant racism. It’s an ...

In early 1970s Harlem, Tish is in love with a sculptor, Fonny, the father of her unborn child. When Fonny is falsely accused of rape and imprisoned, Tish and their families race to clear his name ...

James Baldwin Review, Vol. 6 (2020), pp. 49-63 (15 pages) This essay analyzes how James Baldwin’s late novel If Beale Street Could Talk represents Black women’s care work in the face of social death ...

A Memphis city councilman and a state representative shared their thoughts Wednesday on the New Orleans attack, and what it could mean for safety in Memphis’ Beale Street entertainment district.

Hollywood star Regina King (Ray, If Beale Street Could Talk, Shirley, Friday, American Crime, 227) was honored with the Trailblazer Award at the Critics Choice Celebration of Black Cinema and Televis ...