The Moonlight director sits down to pick apart his wonderful James Baldwin adaptation, If Beale Street Could Talk.
Intense melancholy and blissful romance mask an undercurrent of political outrage in Barry Jenkins’ rhapsodic take on James Baldwin.
For our first edition of 2019 we dive into Barry Jenkins’ extraordinary adaptation of James Baldwin.
The director’s follow-up to his Oscar-winning Moonlight is based on James Baldwin’s classic novel.
By Leila Latif
Fifty years after his death, does the Civil Rights Leader’s on screen image belie his true nature?
By Josh Howey
The Moonlight writer/director is set to helm the Harlem love story If Beale Street Could Talk.
James Baldwin discusses the future of America in this powerful archive footage.
By Matthew Eng
James Baldwin reclaims the spotlight in Raoul Peck’s magnificent film essay.
Raoul Peck’s use of ‘The Blacker the Berry’ in his civil rights documentary I Am Not Your Negro is truly inspired.
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