it's a love story between these two characters, tish and fonny.h is pregnant and it is about the way in which their relationship plays out against this backdrop of injustice. i think the real genius about barryjenkins' work is, like moonlight, he can take a story and by focusing on the specifics of, like in that case, the life of somebody growing up in poverty, amidst addiction and drugs, and somehow make that story universal by concentrating on the specifics. in the case of this, he gets all the period details right, he gets the details of the characters' struggles right, but it becomes completely universal. did you love moonlight? i did, i thought it was terrific actually, really good. and what's astonishing is that for a film that's that adventurous, for it to end up getting the oscar success that it did, finally, we now think of it as, well, of course it's an oscar—winning film, but when it was first made, it was like a strange arthouse movie that i think everybody thought had only a niche audience. also, brilliant use of music, gorgeous cinem

it's a love story between these two characters, tish and fonny. pregnant and it is about the way in which their relationship plays out against this backdrop of injustice. i think the real genius about barryjenkins' work is, like moonlight, he can take a story and by focusing on the specifics of, like in that case, the life of somebody growing up in poverty, amidst addiction and drugs, and somehow make that story universal by concentrating on the specifics. in the case of this, he gets all the period details right, he gets the details of the characters' struggles right, but it becomes completely universal. did you love moonlight? i did, i thought it was terrific actually, really good. and what's astonishing is that for a film that's that adventurous, for it to end up getting the oscar success that it did, finally, we now think of it as, well, of course it's an oscar—winning film, but when it was first made, it was like a strange arthouse movie that i think everybody thought had only a niche audience. also, brilliant use of music, gorgeous cinematog

tish gonna have fonny's baby. drink!brown: set in the 1970s new york city, "beale street" isnn oscar award-g director barry jenkins' adaptation of the james baldwin novel of the same name. it's a love story, but one almost destroyed by racism and hatred, as police frame fonny with a rape charge. i asked regina king wh saw as >> it is, as a black american, just a rinder of how resilient, you know, we are. when you look at our htory and that love is a universal thing. love pushing through trauma. asile this can be looked a an urban tragedy. surviving tragedy usually is because of love that has surrounded you, support, and all of us know what that looks like, no matter what we look like in. our exteri >> brown: even in the face of trauma? >> yeah, yeah. so i feel like, while this is a story with the black family, a black couple, in the center, it's an american story. >> brown: she says she found inspiration from strong women in her own life, and as a single mother raising her son.>> he hardest thing about parenting is holdi

it's a love story between these two characters, tish and fonny.op of injustice. i think the real genius about barryjenkins' work is, like moonlight, he can take a story and by focusing on the specifics of, like in that case, the life of somebody growing up in poverty, amidst addiction and drugs, and somehow make that story universal by concentrating on the specifics. in the case of this, he gets all the period details right, he gets the details of the characters' struggles right, but it becomes completely universal. did you love moonlight? i did, i thought it was terrific actually, really good. and what's astonishing is that for a film that's that adventurous, for it to end up getting the oscar success that it did, finally, we now think of it as, well, of course it's an oscar—winning film, but when it was first made, it was like a strange arthouse movie that i think everybody thought had only a niche audience. also, brilliant use of music, gorgeous cinematography, he has a way of slowing down time during these tender, very passionate moments, i me