If Beale Street Could Talk

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CTL-W-1258 · Work

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Combined Graph record U-03125 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-1258. Master record source: User-supplied article 2026-10-16 (UrbanGeekz) — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Seed article: 'He followed that with If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), an adaptation of James Baldwin's novel' (Barry Jenkins) — work_type film, year 2018, director Barry Jenkins confirmed against the fetched article.

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Seed article: 'He followed that with If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), an adaptation of James Baldwin's novel' (Barry Jenkins) — work_type film, year 2018, director Barry Jenkins confirmed against the fetched article.

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Year: 2018
Work type: film

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http://urbangeekz.com/2026/03/6-black-directors-reshaping-hollywood-from-indie-classics-to-billion-dollar-franchises/ (verification source · master store)

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Seed article: 'He followed that with If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), an adaptation of James Baldwin's novel' (Barry Jenkins) — work_type film, year 2018, director Barry Jenkins confirmed against the fetched article.

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