Barry Jenkins' just blessed us with the trailer for 'If Beale Street Could Talk'

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 No Images? Click here       New ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Trailer Is A Beautiful Look At Barry Jenkins’ Latest Barry Jenkins’ first film since winning an Oscar in 2016, “If Beale Street Could Talk,” has a new trailer and a new promotional campaign after the film premiered to glittering reviews and Academy Award buzz at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month. Judging from the new trailer released Thursday, the movie looks like it contains the same ravishing beauty and quiet intensity of his 2016 movie “Moonlight,” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Based on a James Baldwin novel, “If Beale Street Could Talk” chronicles Tish and Fonny, a young black couple in 1970s Harlem. Tish discovers she is pregnant, but the couple becomes separated when Fonny goes to jail after being falsely accused of rape. READ MORE In case you missed it   LeBron James Teams Up With Ryan Coogler Of ‘Black Panther’ For ‘Space Jam’ Sequel   The ‘Reparation Emmys’ Was Exactly What This Emmy Awards Needed   Angela Bassett Perfectly Responds To A NYT Photo Caption Mixing Up Her And Omarosa    . What's trending The Latest Episode Of ‘Insecure’ May Be The Messiest Yet Who knew Tiffany’s baby shower would be the place where all hell broke loose? Probably Mona Scott-Young — and us. We knew. On this edition of #RunThatBack, Julia Craven and Taryn Finley discuss the difference between self-blame and taking accountability, the double standards attached to cheating and whether or not a couch can contract chlamydia.   READ MORE   Jemele Hill Confirms ESPN Exit Sports journalist and commenter Jemele Hill announced Friday that she would be leaving ESPN at the end of the day after 12 years at the network.  “Over the last several weeks, there have been a lot of rumors about my job status,” she said in a Twitter post confirming her decision. Calling her time working at ESPN a “wonderful journey” during which she “became the best version” of herself, Hill wrote that “the time has come for me to begin a new chapter in my life.” READ MORE    . HuffPost is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon.  On May 25th 2018 we will be introducing a new Oath Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More. Stay plugged in with the stories on black life and culture that matter. Does somebody keep forwarding you this newsletter? Subscribe here! Want more? Check out Black Voices.  ©2018 HuffPost | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe    . - - Preferences  |  Unsubscribe