A young Black couple’s love endures when Fonny is unjustly jailed; Tish fights for justice while pregnant in 1970s Harlem.
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A young Black couple’s love endures when Fonny is unjustly jailed; Tish fights for justice while pregnant in 1970s Harlem.
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Like the blues -- sweet, sad and full of truth -- this masterly work of fiction rocks us with powerful emotions. In it are anger and pain, but above all, love -- affirmative love of a woman for her man, the sustaining love of a black family. Fonny, a talented young artist, finds himself unjustly arrested and locked in New York's infamous tombs. But his girlfriend, Tish, is determined to free him, and to have his baby, in this starkly realisitic tale... a powerful endictment of American ...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Explicit intimacy between lovers; rape accusation and sexual assault themes
Violence & gore
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Police brutality and physical violence; limited gore detail
Profanity
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Frequent strong profanity and racial slurs throughout
Substance use
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Recurring alcohol use in social and family settings
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ characters or themes depicted
Religious content
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Brief church and faith references in family life
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft elements present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central critique of systemic racism and the justice system
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicide attempt and suicide-related themes depicted
Abuse & suffering
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Sexual assault, police brutality, wrongful jailing, racial cruelty
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