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Beale Street x LDF: A Conversation
We were thrilled to partner with Annapurna Pictures for a screening and discussion with Academy Award-winning film writer-director Barry Jenkins of his latest film, If Beale Street Could Talk, in Washington D.C. President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill and Academy-Award Winning Writer-Director Barry Jenkins discuss James Baldwin’s work – a Harlem love story set amidst the backdrop of systematic racism and false incarceration. The film is honest and raw in its portrayal of Tish (KiKi Layne) and Fonny (Stephan James), two young lovers expecting a child, who’s courtship and lives are thrown into upheaval.
Watch the full Q&A session below with Sherrilyn Ifill and Barry Jenkins,
View photos from the If Beale Street Could Talk Film Screening and Discussion with LDF President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill and film Writer-Director Barry Jenkins.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill speaks after a screening of "If Beale Street Could Talk" with NAACP Legal Defense Fund on January 10, 2019 in Washington City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Annapurna Pictures)
Director Barry Jenkins speaks after a screening of "If Beale Street Could Talk" with NAACP Legal Defense Fund on January 10, 2019 in Washington City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Annapurna Pictures)
(L-R) NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill in conversation with Director Barry Jenkins after a screening of "If Beale Street Could Talk" with NAACP Legal Defense Fund on January 10, 2019 in Washington City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Annapurna Pictures)
NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill in conversation with Director Barry Jenkins after a screening of "If Beale Street Could Talk" with NAACP Legal Defense Fund on January 10, 2019 in Washington City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Annapurna Pictures)
(L-R) NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill in conversation with Director Barry Jenkins after a screening of "If Beale Street Could Talk" with NAACP Legal Defense Fund on January 10, 2019 in Washington City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Annapurna Pictures)
(L-R) Producer Adele Romanski, Director Barry Jenkins, NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill, Producer Dede Gardner, and Producer Jeremy Kleiner after a screening and conversation on "If Beale Street Could Talk" with NAACP Legal Defense Fund on January 10, 2019 in Washington City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Annapurna Pictures)
(L-R) Former NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Elaine Jones speaks with Director Barry Jenkins after a screening of "If Beale Street Could Talk" with NAACP Legal Defense Fund on January 10, 2019 in Washington City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Annapurna Pictures)
(L-R) Former NAACP Legal Defense Fund President Elaine Jones, Director Barry Jenkins and NAACP Legal Defense Fund President and Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill after a screening of "If Beale Street Could Talk" with NAACP Legal Defense Fund on January 10, 2019 in Washington City. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Annapurna Pictures)