Kontakt: Peter Sølvsten Thomsen, [email protected] Angel Films Præsenterer IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK Premiere: 14. Februa
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Angel Films præsenterer IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK EN FILM AF BARRY JENKINS (‘MOONLIGHT’) Premiere: 14. februar BASERET PÅ ROMAN AF JAMES BALDWIN Længde: 119 minutter Censur: tba CASTING MUSIC MUSIC COSTUME EDITED PRODUCTION DIRECTOR SUPERVISOR BY DESIGNER BY DESIGNER CINEMATOGRAPHY EXECUTIVE BY PRODUCERS PRODUCED BASED ON THE WRITTEN FOR THE BY BOOK BY SCREEN AND DIRECTED BY Instruktør: Barry Jenkins ® GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINERINGER BL.A. BEDSTE FILM · BEDSTE MANUSKRIPT Premierebiografer: Grand Teatret, Dagmar Teatret, Empire Bio, Valby Kino, Øst for Paradis, Biffen Aalborg, Café Biografen Odense, Bio Nicolaj Kolding, Slagelse, Næstved, Holbæk, Værløse, Gladsaxe, Albertslund, Frederikshavn Synopsis IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK følger den nyforlovede og gravide Tish, der i et kapløb med tiden, forsøger at redde sin kommende mand, Alonzo, fra en fængelsstraf. Han er falsk anklaget, men systemet modarbejder ham og hans families forsøg på at bevise dette. Filmen er baseret på romanen af samme navn. Skrevet af den anerkendte forfatter James Baldwin, der sidst var aktuel i den Oscar-nominerede film I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO. Filmen er instrueret af Barry Jenkins, som i 2016 instruerede den en Oscar- vindende film “Moonlight”. Trailer og pressemateriale kan hentes på: https://www.angelfilms.dk/if-beale-street Kontakt: Peter Sølvsten Thomsen, [email protected] If Beale Street Could Talk “Beale Street is a street in New Orleans, where my father, where Louis Armstrong and the jazz were born. Every black person born in America was born on Beale Street, born in the black neighborhood of some American city, whether in Jackson, Mississippi, or in Harlem, New York. Beale Street is our legacy. This novel deals with the impossibility and the possibility, the absolute necessity, to give expression to this legacy. Beale Street is a loud street. It is left to the reader to discern a meaning in the beating of the drums.” - James Baldwin 2 If Beale Street Could Talk Director’s Statement I set off in the summer of 2013 to Europe to write an adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk in the hope that one day I would have the privilege and permission from the Baldwin Estate to make it into a feature film. Every decision I made to bring this project into the world had its roots in a fidelity to the source material, a fidelity to Baldwin’s vision. The characters in Baldwin’s work are drawn in a very specific way, from Tish to Fonny and on throughout their loves and families — Ernestine, the Hunts and, of course, her parents, Joseph and Sharon. Being the first person entrusted to bring any of Baldwin’s novels to the screen in his native tongue, it’s been a goal of mine to draw these characters as close to Baldwin’s imagining as possible. Between the two relationships at the core of the film — Tish and Fonny, Sharon and Joseph — there’s this lovely rhyme of relationships functioning as the buffer that, for black folks, makes the world worth enduring, that makes the broken promise of the American dream worth striving for. Transmuting these ideas — thematic, intellectual, emotional ideas — through performers and with the collaborators behind the camera I’ve long called family, I could think of no better way to honor my favorite author, James Baldwin. “Love brought you here.” My favorite line from Baldwin’s magnificent novel. And the spirit with which we all brought ourselves to make If Beale Street Could Talk. - Barry Jenkins 3 If Beale Street Could Talk Synopsis Academy Award-winning writer/director Barry Jenkins’ first film since the Best Picture Oscar- winning Moonlight is If Beale Street Could Talk, his adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel — the first English-language feature film based on the work of the author, to whom the movie is dedicated. 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 (screen newcomer KiKi Layne). A daughter and wife-to-be, Tish vividly recalls the passion, respect and trust that have connected she and her artist fiancé Alonzo Hunt, who goes by the nickname Fonny (Stephan James). 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. Tish knows that Fonny is innocent, and is mindful that his good friend Daniel Carty (Tony and Emmy Award nominee Brian Tyree Henry) has only recently been freed after an unjust incarceration. While Fonny’s mother (Aunjanue Ellis) clings to piety and his father (Michael Beach) grapples with feelings of powerlessness, Tish’s earthy father Joseph (Colman Domingo) and fierce older sister Ernestine (Teyonah Parris) are unwavering in their support. Even more anxious to clear Fonny’s name is Tish’s deeply compassionate mother Sharon (Emmy Award winner Regina King), readying to put herself on the line for her daughter and future son-in-law’s happiness… …and for the couple’s unborn child, whose arrival will herald new joys and challenges. Facing the unexpected prospect of parenthood and holding down a job without her partner at her side, Tish must adjust her perspective on the realities of her existence. She visits Fonny regularly, trying to shore up his spirit even as prison takes its toll. As the weeks turn to months, Tish reaffirms their hopes and resilience, relying on familial and inner strength. Through the unique intimacy and power of cinema, If Beale Street Could Talk honors the author’s prescient words and imagery, charting the emotional currents navigated in an unforgiving and racially biased world as the filmmaker poetically crosses time frames to show how love and humanity endure. Annapurna Pictures presents a Plan B Entertainment production, a PASTEL production. If Beale Street Could Talk. KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein. With Brian Tyree Henry and Regina King. Casting Director, Cindy Tolan. Music Supervisor, Gabe Hilfer. Composer, Nicholas Britell. Costume Designer, Caroline Eselin-Schaefer. Edited by Joi McMillon, ACE, Nat Sanders, ACE. Production Designer, Mark Friedberg. Cinematography by James Laxton. Executive Producers, Megan Ellison, Brad Pitt, Sarah Esberg, Chelsea Barnard, Jillian Longnecker, Mark Ceryak, Caroline Jaczko. Produced by Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, Barry Jenkins, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner. Based on the Book by James Baldwin. Written for the Screen and Directed by Barry Jenkins. 4 If Beale Street Could Talk About the Cast KIKI LAYNE (Tish Rivers) KiKi Layne, a native of Cincinnati, marks her first leading role in a film with If Beale Street Could Talk. Ms. Layne recently completed work on Native Son, starring opposite Ashton Sanders, Margaret Qualley, and Nick Robinson; the movie, directed by Rashid Johnson and adapted by Suzan-Lori Parks from Richard Wright’s classic novel, is slated for release in early 2019. Also next year, she and Mr. Sanders star in Captive State, directed by Rupert Wyatt. The Chicago Tribune featured Ms. Layne as one of its “2016 Hot New Faces of Chicago Theater.” Her stage credits include starring in the U.S. premiere of Octagon at the Jackalope Theatre and garnering a Black Theater Alliance Award (BTAA) nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play; Genesis, at the Definition Theatre; Good People, at the Redtwist Theatre; Griffin Theatre’s touring production of Letters Home; and Definition Theatre and The New Colony’s co-production of Byhalia, Mississippi, earning her BTAA nominations for Best Featured Actress in a Play and Most Promising Actress. She graduated with a BFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. STEPHAN JAMES (Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt) Stephan James can next be seen starring opposite Julia Roberts in Amazon’s limited series Homecoming, a psychological thriller based on Gimlet Media’s podcast. Mr. James, a native of Canada, has held the honor of portraying several real-life figures in African-American history. He starred as Olympics hero Jesse Owens in Race, directed by Stephen Hopkins, for which he received an NAACP Image Award nomination and won a Canadian Screen Award; and in the limited series Shots Fired. He starred as T.K. Kelly, the #1 high school running back in the U.S., in the inspirational fact-based sports tale When the Game Stands Tall; directed by Thomas Carter, the film told the story of the De La Salle High School Spartans football team and their unmatched winning streak. Among his other films are Stanley Brooks’ Perfect Sisters, alongside Georgie Henley and Abigail Breslin; Director X’s Undone (also known as Across the Line); and David Sutherland’s Home Again, with Tatyana Ali and Lyriq Bent, for which he earned his first Canadian Screen Award nomination. In Ava DuVernay’s drama Selma, one of the most acclaimed films of recent years, Mr. James portrayed John Lewis, the son of sharecroppers and a student activist with the 5 Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; Mr. Lewis later became a U.S. Congressman. The drama illuminated the progress of protest marches in Selma, Alabama. His other awards include the Rising Star Award at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival; and, with his fellow Selma actors, the Black Film Critics Circle Award for Best Ensemble. In his free time Mr. James performs his own rap music and stays active with basketball, football, soccer, kickboxing, and track and field. COLMAN DOMINGO (Joseph Rivers) Colman Domingo is an award-winning actor, playwright and screenwriter, producer and director. For the latter capacities, he is now branching out into film and television.