BLACK IS KING by Beyonce (Part 1)
Dissect
Cole Cuchna
4.9 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 9 March 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Beyonce’s BLACK IS KING is a love letter to Africa, and we’re dissecting its story, music, and many visual symbols in a special seven part mini-series.
We begin with the film’s opening two songs “Bigger” and “Find Your Way Back,” where we meet the film’s central protagonist, Simba, and his ancestral spirit guide played by Beyonce.
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| 1:00.0 | There's something missing in the cover art for Beyonce's 2020 film Black is King. |
| 1:10.0 | It's a film starring Beyonce, a film written, directed and produced by Beyonce, a film full of Beyonce's songs. And yet on its cover, Beyonce, one of the biggest stars on the planet, is nowhere to be found. |
| 1:17.0 | Instead, we see a small boy floating in the vastness of outer space. He suspended between |
| 1:25.1 | planet Earth and a full moon, the stars ablaze behind him. Like every shot, |
| 1:30.4 | symbol, lyric, dance, and ensemble in Black is King. |
| 1:34.1 | This cover image has a deeper meaning. |
| 1:36.3 | And according to co-director Quaycey Fourjor, |
| 1:38.9 | it's one that gets to the core message of the film. |
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