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Black Is King

  • 2020
  • 9+
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
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Beyoncé, Folajomi 'FJ' Akinmurele, Emmanuel Adjei, and Blitz Bazawule in Black Is King (2020)
Experience a new visual album inspired by The Lion King: The Gift. Black Is King, a film by Beyoncé, is now streaming exclusively on Disney+.
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Visual album from Beyoncé inspired by 'The Lion King'.Visual album from Beyoncé inspired by 'The Lion King'.Visual album from Beyoncé inspired by 'The Lion King'.

  • Directors
    • Emmanuel Adjei
    • Ibra Ake
    • Meji Alabi
  • Writers
    • Beyoncé
    • Yrsa Daley-Ward
    • Clover Hope
  • Stars
    • Beyoncé
    • Tina Knowles
    • Jay-Z
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    9.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Emmanuel Adjei
      • Ibra Ake
      • Meji Alabi
    • Writers
      • Beyoncé
      • Yrsa Daley-Ward
      • Clover Hope
    • Stars
      • Beyoncé
      • Tina Knowles
      • Jay-Z
    • 623User reviews
    • 25Critic reviews
    • 84Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 2 wins & 8 nominations total

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    Beyoncé
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    Tina Knowles
    • Tina Knowles-Lawson
    • (as Tina Knowles Lawson)
    Jay-Z
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    • Special Appearance
    Blue Ivy Carter
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    Rumi Carter
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    Sir Carter
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    Kelly Rowland
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    Yemi Alade
    Yemi Alade
    • Yemi Alade
    Jessie Reyez
    Jessie Reyez
    • Jessie Reyez
    Shatta Wale
    • Shatta Wale
    Salatiel
    • Special Appearance
    Pharrell Williams
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    • Pharrell Williams
    Wizkid
    • Special Appearance
    Naomi Campbell
    Naomi Campbell
    • Naomi Campbell
    Adut Akech
    Adut Akech
    • Adut Akech
    Aweng Chuol
    Aweng Chuol
    • Aweng Chuol
    Lupita Nyong'o
    Lupita Nyong'o
    • Lupita Nyong'o
    • Directors
      • Emmanuel Adjei
      • Ibra Ake
      • Meji Alabi
    • Writers
      • Beyoncé
      • Yrsa Daley-Ward
      • Clover Hope
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    User reviews623

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    10panteabagha

    Stunning visuals brought me to tears

    This is breathtaking music to the ears and eyes. A representation of black beauty, diverse African culture and history. It is a shame that resentful and insecure people have voted this movie down without having seen it. She included people of all races, focusing on one specific race that needs a little more love and celebration. If you don't understand how important and monumental this movie was, I hope you will in the future. This one is for the history books!

    Directed by Beyoncé Knowles Carter and dedicated to her son Sir! I hope to see this movie at the Oscars.
    9kd11438

    Extraordinary visuals

    85 minutes of the most visually arresting, mind-blowingly opulent and strikingly powerful visuals ever put to film. It's truly that good.
    4woodrude-23078

    Ignore 1/10 & 10/10 reviews

    You can always tell when a project touches on race or politics when you see lots of both 1/10 or 10/10 reviews, it's better than 1 but way short of a 10. It dragged on, visually impressive but thats just not enough
    1itsterrence

    Typical for Beyonce

    As a black man, this whole film reeked of racism. The title alone is enough to turn you away and the hour and half long film appears to be a desperate attempt at some sort of award. No thanks.
    2djurrepower

    this was a mistake and i knew it

    Its just one giant musci video, and not the good kind. the one that just has a few shots of the characters singing, and some eyecandy in between. and the music doesnt drive a distinct narrative, so the it all feels directionless. it tries to mask itself with the lion king, but fails dreadfully. it just uses snipets of the movie in between songs, and tries to the the songs after each snippet. but the songs end up not driving the story further, thus each snippit with each song comes off as disjointed.

    2/10: just listen to the music, you dont need these visuals

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    Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)
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    Elijah Wood in Le Seigneur des anneaux : La Communauté de l'anneau (2001)
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    • Trivia
      The red dress with gold jewelry that Beyoncé wears at one point in the album is a subtle homage to Mattel's historical First Black Barbie Doll.
    • Connections
      Edited into Beyoncé, Shatta Wale, Major Lazer: Already (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Côte D'Ivoire: Little Girls' Sung Games (Extract)
      Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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    • Release date
      • July 31, 2020 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Disney+
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 黑之王者
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Pictures
      • Parkwood Entertainment
      • Hamlet
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      • 1h 25m(85 min)
    • Color
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    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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