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    'Black Love In All Its Different Ways': Regina King On Her 'Beale Street' Role

    Barry Jenkins' adaptation of the 1974 James Baldwin novel If Beale Street Could Talk is now in theaters. It gives actress Regina King yet another complex character to inhabit.
    by Michel Martin Dec 15, 2018 3 minutes
    Regina King stars as Sharon, the mother of embattled young lover Tish, <em>If Beale Street Could Talk</em>.

    Regina King appears in a new film which brings the searing social commentary of James Baldwin to the screen. If Beale Street Could Talk is based on Baldwin's 1974 novel of the same name.

    Beale Street is the story of two young lovers, Tish and Fonny, and their fight after Fonny is jailed for a crime he didn't commit. The movie is directed by Barry Jenkins — it's his first film since his Oscar-winning Moonlight.

    King plays Sharon, the mother of Tish. Her performance in the

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