• About Us
  • Sasha Stone
  • Editor Ryan Adams
  • Clarence Moye
  • Contact Us
No Result
View All Result
Awardsdaily - The Oscars, the Films and everything in between.
  • Home
  • Oscar Predictions
    • Best Picture
    • Best Actor
    • Best Actress
  • Good As Gold
  • Forum
  • AD TV
  • Podcasts
  • FYC Gallery
  • Interviews
  • All News
  • Home
  • Oscar Predictions
    • Best Picture
    • Best Actor
    • Best Actress
  • Good As Gold
  • Forum
  • AD TV
  • Podcasts
  • FYC Gallery
  • Interviews
  • All News
No Result
View All Result
Awardsdaily - The Oscars, the Films and everything in between.
No Result
View All Result

Review: There Are Concert Films, and There’s Beyoncé!

by Jazz Tangcay
April 19, 2019
in ADTV, ADTV Feature, ADTV Main, Reviews, Reviews, Reviews
2
Review: There Are Concert Films, and There’s Beyoncé!

Photo Credit: Netflix

When Beyoncé took to the Coachella stage in 2018 it was a historical game-changer. Beyoncé was the first African-American female to headline the festival. Fans had waited a year for this performance and it was worth every second watching as Coachella became Beychella as Beyoncé gave a career-defining performance.

Whether you watched it or not, you knew about it and thanks to Netflix, you get to experience Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé  in all its spectacular glory.

Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé opens as Beyonce takes to the stage, her sparkling cape adorned with sequins. She is dressed as Nefertiti. A Queen. Royalty. With over 100 dancers, singers, musicians and a drumline onstage, fans who have been waiting for this moment scream with sheer joy. The horn section plays Crazy In Love and it’s a breathtaking moment. It’s a moment of awe where you realize history and art combine for what is one of the greatest festival sets of all time. Make no mistake about it Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé technically and artistically redefines the concert film experience.

After a grand opening and a look at the slick choreography, we’re pulled in backstage to eight months earlier, when it started coming together – the marching bands, the dancing, and Beyonce herself as she starts to craft this spectacle.

There are no talking heads in Homecoming, rather a voiceover from Beyoncé as she walks us through the off-camera clips .

Cut to another performance – another one of her hits. The sound design is theatrically astounding. The drumline, the horn section, the marching band on the pyramid rafters beats in your soul.

The documentary gets intimate behind the scenes – we see personal moments as she gets an ultrasound during her pregnancy. In another, she talks about weighing 218lbs during labor, cut to rehearsal and a heartfelt moment talking about sacrifice.

It’s something as fans and admirers that we always take for granted, on stage, we’re watching these vibrant moments from performers and artists, screaming for more. We’re unaware.
“Choreography is about feeling,” Beyonce says, but she’s feeling that she just wants to be with her children. It’s a sacrifice that she reminds us of and she strikes. The authenticity of her struggle between performing and motherhood is a powerful one.

In Homecoming, Beyoncé tells a story. She tells a story of motherhood and artistry. She celebrates womanhood. She uses voiceover from Maya Angelou and Alice Walker. She pays great tribute to the historically black colleges and universities. She pays homage to African-American culture. It’s an important lesson, an important watch, her story will define this generation for years to come. The creation of this performance which goes down in history and forever changed Coachella has been documented for all to experience and IT IS an experience. IT IS a celebration.

It’s a moment to watch with sheer admiration, the dedication, the spectacular energy, the phenomenal choreography come to life in Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé. While many concert films keep us at bay,  Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé pulls us in, intoxicating us with the electricity. It is a live performance and concert film that has raised the bar high.

All the hits from Girls, Crazy in Love, Formation, and Mi Gente are there. There’s the much-anticipated reunion with Destiny’s Child and a performance with husband Jay-Z. It’s a dream to watch as it transports the viewer into the heart of Beychella and the artist.

At one point, Beyoncé thanks the women who have opened the doors so she could stand at the top of her pyramid. It’s an ecstatic joy to watch this woman slay every second. We briefly hear the stories of some of the dancers and performers and what this means for them to perform on that festival stage.

History was made and thanks to Netflix, we go inside Beyoncé’s world and get to re-live Beychella.

 

Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé is streaming now on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/homecoming

Photo credit: Netflix

Tags: BeyoncehomecomingHomecoming: A Film By BeyoncéNetflixReview
Jazz Tangcay

Jazz Tangcay

As a Brit, I'll say anything. Some things I love; Meryl Streep, Italians and Starbucks.

Next Post
Cannes72 Lineup

Cannes72 Lineup

Sign up for Awards Daily's Breaking News

* indicates required

The State of the Race: The Oscars in a Time of Division

The State of the Race: The Oscars in a Time of Division
by Sasha Stone
January 21, 2021
7

The Spirit Awards Push their Date Back from the Oscars

The Spirit Awards Push their Date Back from the Oscars
by Sasha Stone
January 21, 2021
2

Robin Wright’s Performance in Land Could Shake up the Oscar Race

Robin Wright’s Performance in Land Could Shake up the Oscar Race
by Sasha Stone
January 20, 2021
114

Cristin Milioti On What She Spent Hours On Reddit Researching about Her ‘Palm Springs’ Character

Cristin Milioti On What She Spent Hours On Reddit Researching about Her ‘Palm Springs’ Character

Courtesy of Hulu

by Megan McLachlan
January 20, 2021
0

Reframe: Minority Report

Reframe: Minority Report
by David Phillips
January 19, 2021
4

Fernando Garcia Named Executive Vice President of the Oscars

Fernando Garcia Named Executive Vice President of the Oscars
by Sasha Stone
January 19, 2021
1

Sam Feder On How ‘Disclosure’ is a Call for Action for Hollywood

Sam Feder On How ‘Disclosure’ is a Call for Action for Hollywood

(Photo: Netflix)

by Joey Moser
January 19, 2021
0

Monica Levinson On Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’s “Loveable Misogynist” Hook That Drew Her In

Monica Levinson On Borat Subsequent Moviefilm’s “Loveable Misogynist” Hook That Drew Her In

Courtesy of Amazon Films

by Megan McLachlan
January 20, 2021
4

Critics Choice Nominates 2020 Television, Not ‘WandaVision’ (Yet)

Critics Choice

(Photo: Critics Choice)

by Clarence Moye
January 18, 2021
7

The Case for News of the World

The Case for News of the World
by Sasha Stone
January 18, 2021
14

Consider Uggie, Episode 2: Was Uggie an LGBTQ Icon?

Consider Uggie, Episode 2: Was Uggie an LGBTQ Icon?

Courtesy of MUBI/Ariztical Entertainment

by Megan McLachlan
January 18, 2021
0

Hunter Doohan On Adam’s Guilt and Questionable Choices for Showtime’s ‘Your Honor’

Hunter Doohan On Adam’s Guilt and Questionable Choices for Showtime’s ‘Your Honor’

(Photo: Skip Bolen/SHOWTIME)

by Joey Moser
January 18, 2021
0

‘Palm Springs’ Editor Matt Friedman On the Risks They Took with That Montage Scene

‘Palm Springs’ Screenwriter Andy Siara Talks the Film’s Dinosaurs and How Hall & Oates Became the Closing Song

Courtesy of Hulu

by Megan McLachlan
January 18, 2021
1

Join us Facebook

AwardsDaily Crew

  • About Us
  • Sasha Stone
  • Editor Ryan Adams
  • Clarence Moye
  • Contact Us

ADTV Crew

  • ADTV Home
  • Megan McLachlan, Co-Editor
  • Clarence Moye, Co-Editor
  • Jalal Haddad, Senior Contributor
  • Joey Moser, Senior Contributor
  • Kevin Dillon
  • Shadan Larki
  • Ben Morris
  • David Phillips

Follow on Twitter

ADTV Twitter

  • Contact
  • About Us
  • Advertising on Awards Daily

© 1999-2021 AwardsDaily.com

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Oscar Predictions
    • Best Picture
    • Best Actor
    • Best Actress
  • Good As Gold
  • Forum
  • AD TV
  • Podcasts
  • FYC Gallery
  • Interviews
  • All News

© 1999-2021 AwardsDaily.com