The narrative follows Tish (KiKi Layne) as she starts to reveal her pregnancy to her more forward-thinking family and then that of her boyfriend’s, a more critical, conservative bunch (the vengeance of the Holy Ghost gets brought up a lot by that family’s matriarch). But the heart of the film’s story firmly roots itself in romance.
The script not only discusses the injustices our legal system serves on black people, especially the men, it juxtaposes them against the ongoing sexual assault conversation to tell a rich, complex story that digs into the layers of societal issues currently making headlines. With all the racism in today’s world seemingly getting louder, Jenkins smartly chooses to keep the novel within the era it was written to send a message of love that feels more classic than contemporary, while also dealing with issues disturbingly still relevant today.
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