If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin Mini-Performance and Community

Literature to Life presents
If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin
Mini-Performance and Community Conversation
Free Event
Literature to Life presents a selection from their Signature Performance of James Baldwin's novel If Beale Street Could Talk. Narrated by the story's young heroine, it portrays one family’s struggle for justice in a society where institutional discrimination threatens to tear lives apart. The themes of the story continue to resonate powerfully with contemporary audiences from diverse backgrounds.
Performed by Channie Waites
Adapted and directed by Elise Thoron
Literature to Life is a performance-based literacy program that presents professionally staged verbatim adaptations of American literary classics.
This year, One Book One Bronx honors the lasting legacy of activist, scholar, and writer James Baldwin with a series of discussions, panels, screenings, and wellness, focusing on a wide range of literary works and ideas.

Host or Publisher Literary Freedom Project