11/14/2022 0 Comments All night beyonce video![]() ![]() ![]() In Hold Up, Don’t Hurt Yourself and 6 Inch, flames are everywhere as the scorned woman burns with explosive rage, frustrated by the disappointment of love. There’s an incredible amount of mystical and spiritual imagery throughout, Beyoncé swimming through water or walking through fire, seeking to purify her troubled soul, negotiating between wrath and peace after being betrayed by her man. Even though the South holds a fraught history between black and white Americans, Lemonade affirms that the call of home is undeniable. This is familiar territory for black Americans: to southern roots, to nature, a source of healing and of power. There are frequent cuts back to images of deep backwoods country, with its majestic cypress trees, juxtaposed with the crumbling, jagged edges of modern urban living. The journey in Lemonade centers on a movement for Beyoncé – but really all of us black women by proxy – from pain toward healing and empowerment. ![]() Lemonade features cameos from some of those women in the pantheon of black girl magic: high achievers like Amandla Stenberg, Quevzanhne Wallis, Serena Williams, Zendaya and Winnie Harlow, the model who has greatly increased the visibility of people with vitiligo. As if inspired by the #blackgirlmagic hashtag, an expression of pride in the achievements of black women, Lemonade showcases our complex and intimate selves. Lemonade is gorgeous an hour-long manifestation of all the conversations you’ve eavesdropped on social media between black women. Working with directors including Kahlil Joseph, Joans Akerlund, Mark Romanek and longtime collaborator Melina Matsoukas, Lemonade weaves an intricate narrative through image, music and poetry, threading a needle between past and present, interior and exterior lives of black women in America. The imagery of the superstar’s second visual album is dense, layered, rich and nuanced. ![]()
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