If Beale Street Could Talk

If Beale Street Could Talk

Trust Love All The Way

2018120 min6.9 / 10

A tender, visually luminous love story set against the injustice of false imprisonment, centered on devotion, family bonds, and the resilience of Black love in 1970s Harlem.

After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.

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