Danette Chavez , The AV Club Stephan James Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times. Featured Image [dropcap]For[/dropcap] Stephan James, 2018 was all about getting home, whether he was playing a star-crossed lover in Barry Jenkins’ singular romance, If Beale Street Could Talk, or a starry-eyed soldier trying to reintegrate himself into society in […]
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Barry Jenkins Brings James Baldwin Home to Harlem | The Atlantic
The U.S. premiere of the film adaptation of If Beale Street Could Talk, held at the historic Apollo Theater, captured all the generous, urgent love the writer’s work conveyed.
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Angela Flournoy on Barry Jenkins: 3 Must-Read Passages | Colorlines
The celebrated novelist profiled the Oscar-winning filmmaker ahead of the November release of his upcoming film, “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
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Gorgeous New ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Trailer Celebrates Black Families | Colorlines
The latest look at Barry Jenkins’ upcoming film illuminates how Baldwin’s characters build community while navigating uncertainty and trauma.
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James Baldwin: How To Cool It | Esquire
In Esquire’s July 1968 issue, published just after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr., the magazine talked to James Baldwin about the state of race relations in the country. On what would be the author’s 93rd birthday, we’ve republished the interview in full—and his words are incredibly relevant today.
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Why the New Reprint of James Baldwin’s Children’s Book Still Matters | Colorlines
Baldwin’s “Little Man, Little Man: A Story of Childhood” offers a haunting exploration of how Black children learn about racism. Colorlines talked to the late writer’s niece and one of the scholars who shepherded the title back to bookshelves about this unique work.
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Watch the Emotional First Trailer for Barry Jenkins’s New Film ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ | Vice
The ‘Moonlight’ director is making his return to the big screen with an adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel.
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It’s Not About Guilt: The Moral Imperative of Taking Responsibility | Medium
Whatever happened to just grappling with an argument? To actually responding to a position with which you disagree with analysis or facts, or something approximating critical thought?
View MoreJames Baldwin’s Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil | The New Yorker
“Let’s begin by saying that we are living through a very dangerous time.”
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[VIDEO] When James Baldwin Met Bill Buckley | The Atlantic
(2012) “The problem in Mississippi isn’t that too few Negroes can vote, it’s that too many whites can”
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