《月光男孩》导演巴里·杰金斯日前敲定新片，他将把知名作家詹姆斯·鲍德温的小说《假若比尔街能够讲话》(If Beale Street Could Talk)搬上大银幕，故事设定于上世纪70年代的纽约哈林区，主角是一对刚订婚的年轻情侣芬尼(Fonny)和蒂什(Tish)。芬尼被诬告强奸，而身怀六甲的蒂什将四处奔走寻找证据证明丈夫的清白。梅根·埃里森创立的安纳普尔纳将投资本片，也将和《月光男孩》制片公司Plan B、杰金斯本人的Pastel工作室一同制作本片，10月开拍。

My first short film, photography by James Laxton, as always. Still my favorite. Written shortly after 9/11, wasn't actually made for another year because of the way things shook out in school. Inspired by three things: the marquee of a Tallahassee laundromat shortly after 9/11 reading "American Flags Cleaned Free," an image in my head of two people sitting atop folding tables, and my housemate at the time being obsessed with Napoleon.
We were very young men when we made this film.
by Barry Jenkins

奇伦（艾什顿·桑德斯 Ashton Sanders 饰）的母亲宝拉（娜奥米·哈里斯 Naomie Harris 饰）吸毒成瘾根本无心照顾孩子，奇伦从小在孤独中长大，因为过于瘦小的身材而时常遭到周围人的欺侮和作弄。一次偶然中，奇伦结识了毒贩胡安（马赫沙拉·阿里 Maher shala Ali 饰），从此，胡安和其女友特蕾莎（加奈儿·梦奈 Janelle Monae 饰）的住处成为了奇伦的第二个家。凯文（贾雷尔·杰罗姆 Jharrel Jerome 饰）是奇伦唯一的朋友，随着时间的推移，两人之间的感情渐渐超越了友谊。然而，为了隐藏自己的性取向，凯文不得不在同伴的怂恿下对奇伦大打出手，之后，两人再也没有见过面。一晃眼多年过去，奇伦忽然接到了凯文打来的电话，两人终于决定正视各自心中真正的感情。