IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK screening with Common, Kenya Barris

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK screened for celebrities. 

Directed by Barry Jenkins

(L-R) Common and Barry Jenkins attend the Los Angeles special screening

of 'If Beale Street Could Talk' at ArcLight Hollywood | December 04, 2018

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

(L-R) Barry Jenkins, Kiki Layne and Stephan James attend attends the Los Angeles special

screening of 'If Beale Street Could Talk' at ArcLight Hollywood | December 04, 2018

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

(L-R) Kenya Barris and Rainbow Edwards-Barris attend the Los Angeles special

screening of 'If Beale Street Could Talk' at ArcLight Hollywood | December 04, 2018

(Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Based on the novel by James Baldwin, If Beale Street Could Talk, is the story of Tish, newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover’s innocence while carrying their first-born child to term. It is a celebration of love told through the story of a young couple, their families and their lives, trying to bring about justice through love, for love and the promise of the American dream.  Distribution: Annapurna Pictures

Directed by: Barry Jenkins

Screenplay: Barry Jenkins, James Baldwin

Cast: Regina King, Stephan James, KiKi Layne, Teyonah Parris, Dave Franco, Pedro Pascal, Brian Tyree Henry