Follows a young woman who with the support of her family, seeks to clear the name of her wrongly charged lover and prove his innocence before the birth of her child.
Set in early-1970s Harlem, If Beale Street Could Talk is a timeless and moving love story of both a couple\’s unbreakable bond and the African-American family\’s empowering embrace, as told through the eyes of 19-year-old Tish Rivers.
A daughter and wife-to-be, Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected her and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny. Friends since childhood, the devoted couple dream of a future together but their plans are derailed when Fonny is arrested for a crime he did not commit.
