The 'Renaissance' film and what we hear in Beyoncé's silence

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🗓️ 5 December 2023

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Summary

In the credits for 'Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé' the Queen Bee makes it clear who is in charge. Written by? Beyoncé. Directed by? Beyoncé. Produced by? Beyoncé. And of course, starring...Beyoncé. For someone who is so in control of their own image, what is spoken and what is unspoken are equally loud.

In this episode, Brittany and B.A. Parker, co-host of NPR's Code Switch, get into key takeaways from the film and why people are calling on her to speak directly to today's politics.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Brittany Loose, and you're listening to It's Been a Minute from NPR, a show about
0:08.6	what's happening in culture and why it doesn't happen by accident.
0:13.0	And listen, I am so excited.
0:16.0	My moment has finally come.
0:18.0	That's because Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour film debuted last weekend. It topped the box office and all
0:26.0	y'all who slept on the tour this past summer are finally tasting what you missed
0:31.0	out on.
0:32.0	Welcome to the Renaissance.
0:34.8	I saw the very first show in Stockholm, Sweden
0:37.7	back in May, and I have been waiting
0:40.1	for more than half a year for y'all
0:42.4	to get to see this. Can someone please pass me another microphone
0:45.5	because we have things to talk about. It's a new birth. I hope you feel
0:52.1	liberated, but the Renaissance is not over.
0:55.0	Everybody.
0:57.0	I saw the film last Friday with B.A. Parker, one of the co-hosts of NPR's Code Switch.
1:05.0	Okay, so I'm at the AMC, Lincoln Square in Manhattan.
1:11.0	As I was saying when I was coming in I do not typically go to
1:14.5	the Upper West Side on Friday night. It's the IMAX it's like the biggest IMAX and
1:18.9	whatever. I saw it with her number one because she's my legit real life friend but also
1:24.8	conveniently a fantastic film critic and she hadn't seen it to her life. I
1:29.8	wanted to see it with someone who was going to have the fresh eyes.
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