Interview with the Senior Director of TIFF — Diana Sanchez

 Every year I have the pleasure of kicking off our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival by interviewing someone from TIFF’s programming team. Previously, I have spoken to the former CEO, Piers Handling, the current Co-Head and Executive Director, Cameron Bailey and this year I had the opportunity to speak

Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk is a mesmerizing adaptation of the 1974 book

 By Asma Horea Abdourahman Director Barry Jenkins’ adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 book, “If Beale Street Could Talk”, opens up with a quote from the late author: “Every black person born in America was born on Beale Street, whether in Jackson, Mississippi, or in Harlem, New York. Beale Street is