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what year was this suppose to take place ??

posted 6 years ago by [deleted]
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Seems as if the movie was trying to disguise the year. Was it the sixties ?? At least give us a reference point.

[–] Ruthlilycat (90) 6 years ago

The actual story written by James Baldwin was supposed to take place in 1974 according to Wikipedia. But the movie looks like late 50s or just 50s to me via the trailer

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Beale_Street_Could_Talk

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I thought it difficult to determine the year.

[–] President4Life (282) 6 years ago

It takes place in the '70s

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

hard to tell