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''Homecoming'' (stylized as ''HΘMΣCΘMING''; subtitled: "A Film by Beyoncé") is a 2019
concert film
A concert film, or concert movie, is a film that showcases a live performance from the perspective of a concert goer, the subject of which is an extended live performance or concert by either a musician or a stand-up comedian.
Early history
The ...
about American singer
Beyoncé
Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter ( ; born September 4, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Beyoncé's boundary-pushing artistry and vocals have made her the most influential female musician of the 21st century, according to ...
and
her performance at the 2018
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival (commonly called the Coachella Festival or simply Coachella) is an annual music and arts festival held at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, in the Coachella Valley in the Colorado Desert. ...
, written, executive produced and directed by Beyoncé herself. It was released on April 17, 2019 by
Netflix
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.
The film is an "intimate, in-depth look" at the performance, revealing "the emotional road from creative concept to a cultural movement".
''Homecoming'' was released to widespread critical acclaim, with several publications naming it one of the greatest concert films of all time. The film won
Best Music Film
The Grammy Award for Best Music Film is an accolade presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally named the Gramophone Awards, to performers, directors, and producers of quality videos or musical programs. ...
at the
62nd Annual Grammy Awards
The 62nd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony was held on January 26, 2020, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. It recognized the best recordings, compositions, and artists of the eligibility year, running from October 1, 2018, to August 31, 2019. Al ...
and Best Music Documentary at the
IDA Documentary Awards
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2019.
Promotion
On April 3, 2019, it was reported that Beyoncé was working on new music, and also a collaborative project with Netflix which would be tied to her Coachella 2018 performance with additional footage. On April 6, 2019, Netflix officially teased the project by posting on social media a yellow image with the word "Homecoming" across it, and also the release date of the film. The film's trailer was eventually released on April 8,
and was viewed over 16.6 million times across all Netflix social media accounts and Beyoncé's
Facebook
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page within the first 24 hours. Upon the film's release, Beyoncé released a live album entitled ''
Homecoming: The Live Album''. Homecoming had 757,000 interactions across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter over its first week.
Release
''Homecoming'' is the first of three projects Beyoncé has committed to
Netflix
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, on a reportedly $60 million deal.
Several
historically black colleges and universities
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had advanced screenings on April 16, including
Howard
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and
Texas Southern
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.
Nielsen reported that the film was watched by 1.1 million in the US in its first day, excluding views on mobile devices and computers, which ''
Variety
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'' noted may have resulted in a sizeable undercount of views due to the "youth-skewing makeup of the 'Homecoming' viewership." 55% of viewership in the first seven days came from
African-Americans
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, higher than any other original streaming series or film tracked by Nielsen to date, ahead of ''
Bird Box'', which had 24% African-American viewership.
According to
Netflix
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, ''Homecoming'' was the fourth most popular documentary offered on the platform in 2019, being the only concert film to appear on the list.
Critical response
''Homecoming'' received widespread critical acclaim. On
review aggregator
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website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The website's critics consensus simply states: "Beychella forever." On
Metacritic
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, it has a weighted average score of 93 out of 100, based on 14 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Several publications named ''Homecoming'' as one of the greatest concert films of all time, including ''
RogerEbert.com'', ''
The Washington Post
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'', ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'', ''
Deadline
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'',
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'', ''
The Guardian
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'', and ''
Chicago Sun-Times
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''. Spencer Kornhaber of ''
The Atlantic
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'' called ''Homecoming'' "one of Beyoncé's masterpieces", adding that the film's "combo of well-edited stage spectacle and behind-the-scenes segments—intimate, hard-fought, occasionally tense, politically explicit, personally specific segments—make it a career-defining document." David Ehrlich of ''
IndieWire
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'' wrote that "Beyoncé managed to fit the whole spectacle into a euphoric, triumphant, and exhaustingly fierce documentary that should help see Beychella enshrined as one of the definitive pop culture events of the century."
Tobi Oredein of ''
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'' described how ''Homecoming'' "reminds us that Beyoncé isn't just the greatest entertainer of all time, but the most exciting visionary in entertainment today." Andrea Valdez and Angela Watercutter of ''
Wired
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'' named ''Homecoming'' as a "once-in-a-lifetime performance by one of the world's greatest living artists that our hyperconnected world allows everyone to celebrate together." Danielle Cadet wrote for Refinery29 that the film showcases Beyoncé's "world-class talent and work ethic, proving no one ever has nor ever will do it like she does."
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described the film as "much more than a film about the first black woman to headline the Coachella music festival," saying "through including quotes and audio from black leaders and intellectuals, ''Homecoming'' displayed the beauty of black culture, and gave people the chance to celebrate the necessity of black education.....It is a celebration of black American culture with education, specifically
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), serving as the foundation of her message." Judy Berman of ''
Time
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'' magazine stated that the film "recontextualizes the show in a way that claims the most influential live music event in North America for black culture."
Accolades
''Homecoming'' was named the greatest documentary of 2019 by ''
The Daily Dot
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''. The film was also included in ''
Paste''
's list of the 15 best documentaries of 2019. ''
Decider
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'' journalist Claire Spellberg placed ''Homecoming'' at number two on her list of the best in television and film in 2019''. Homecoming'' was also named the third best movie of any genre of 2019 by both Thomas Atkinson for ''
The Skinny'' and Ken Bakely for ''Film Pulse'', while ''Decider'' named it seventh best. ''Homecoming'' ranked at number 1 on
Metacritic
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's list of the best miniseries, TV movies and specials of 2019, and at number two on
Rotten Tomatoes
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' list of the Best Reviewed TV & Streaming Movies of the same year. The ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' ranked Beyoncé's Coachella set and ''Homecoming'' was placed at number 1 on its "The Millennium 200" list chronicling the greatest pop culture moments of the first 20 years of the millennium. ''Homecoming'' was declared by ''
Letterboxd
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'' as the fourth greatest documentary or non-fiction film of the decade (2010s). ''Homecoming'' was included in ''
Insider
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''
's list of the "21 Netflix originals everyone should watch in their lifetime, according to critics".
''Homecoming'' won
Best Music Film
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at the
62nd Annual Grammy Awards
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, marking the second winner in this category to be directed or co-directed by the artist, and the first individual African-American female artist to win since Janet Jackson in 1989.
Impact
English singer
Rita Ora
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said that she was inspired by ''Homecoming'' when trying to perfect her own performances, calling it the "real deal". ''Homecoming'' also inspired the comeback of Irish group
Westlife
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, who stated that in the film "you could see how much of a captain
eyoncéwas on her own ship." Cuban-American singer
Camila Cabello
Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (; ; born March 3, 1997) is a Cuban-born American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony, which became one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. While in ...
said that ''Homecoming'' had a profound impact on her, praised the significance of the movie to the humanity. South Korean musician
Wooseok
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cited ''Homecoming'' as his inspiration, praising its "quotes and lessons" and revelations of Beyoncé's "morals and work ethic".
''Homecoming'' has been said to have set a trend of musicians releasing a film project on Netflix together with an album;
Lonely Island
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's ''
The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience
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'',
Thom Yorke
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's ''
Anima
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Sturgill Simpson
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's ''
Sound & Fury'', and
Kid Cudi
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's ''
Entergalactic'' are all cited as examples of projects that have followed the precedent that ''Homecoming'' set.
Travis Scott's documentary ''
Look Mom I Can Fly'' has also been cited as a film that follows in the footsteps of ''Homecoming.''
Lizzo
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's music video for "
Good as Hell
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" was said to be inspired by ''Homecoming''. Sheldon Pearce for ''
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'' wrote that ''Homecoming'' kickstarted the "ongoing uprising" where "black women have been demanding ownership of their outsized impact on culture";
Jamila Woods
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' ''
LEGACY! LEGACY!
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'' and
Rapsody
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's ''
Eve
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'', as well as exhibitions such as "Black Women: Power and Grace" and "Posing Modernity", are mentioned as later works that constitute the "formative syllabus" that started with ''Homecoming''.
Canadian actress
Sandra Oh
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dedicated her toast at the
Time 100 Gala to ''Homecoming'', calling the film "viscerally inspiring".
Chelsea Clinton
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, in an interview with
The Cut, complimented Beyoncé on working "herself body, mind, heart, soul, and spirit to get to that place" where she can perform after her difficult childbirth. American actress
Sophia Bush
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said that with ''Homecoming'', Beyoncé is "setting a really killer example for the creative process"." Former
First Lady
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Michelle Obama
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praised Beyoncé's ''Homecoming'', calling the film a tool to "inspire the next generation of history makers and record breakers who'll run the world in the next years ahead." ''
The Hollywood Reporter
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'' published an essay on ''Homecoming'' by American screenwriter, producer, and actress
Lena Waithe
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, where she praised ''Homecoming'' "a tribute to blackness" and "a love letter to historically black colleges and universities".
Many celebrations for
Black History Month
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2020 commemorated ''Homecoming''. Footage from ''Homecoming'' was featured at the start of
Google
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's advert for Black History Month, which shows the opening of Beyoncé's performance and states that it is the most searched performance on the site.
Georgia Southern University
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hosted a panel discussion for Black History Month on the cultural and social importance of ''Homecoming'' to African-Americans. Advertising agency Momentum Worldwide (part of
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) curated a "Black History Museum", which exhibited merchandise from ''Homecoming,'' whilst Spark Noir hosted a screening of ''Homecoming'' followed by a discussion about Beyoncé's contribution to culture.
Netflix
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featured ''Homecoming'' under "Black Superheroes" in their Black History Month collection amongst comic-book heroes such as
''Black Panther'' and
''Luke Cage''.
Through the tribute to HBCU culture in ''Homecoming'', Beyoncé increased people's interest in HBCUs. High school seniors cited ''Homecoming'' as the reason that they were considering attending HBCUs, while younger students were also said to be interested in HBCUs due to the film. American actress
Regina Hall
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opened the
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with an homage to ''Homecoming'' entitled "Homegrown", parodying the opening to Beyoncé's performance as well as the documentary sections of the film. American sitcom
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also paid homage to ''Homecoming.'' The cast of ''
Queer Eye'' paid tribute to ''Homecoming'' during their performance on ''
Lip Sync Battle
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''. A 9-feet-tall statue of Beyoncé as seen on the ''Homecoming'' poster was unveiled at
Mercedes-Benz Arena in
Berlin
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.
UCLA
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gymnast Nia Dennis performed a routine inspired by ''Homecoming'', receiving a score of 9.975 as well as praise from celebrities after going viral on social media.
In order to entertain and connect people who are participating in
self-isolation
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and
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during the
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, Beyoncé's fans (led by
Netflix
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's editorial manager
Jasmyn Lawson) organised a virtual watch party of ''Homecoming''.
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ged "#HOMEcoming", the watch party was the top trending topic on
Twitter
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worldwide with half a million tweets, and its participants included
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Jack Dorsey
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,
Holly Robinson Peete
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,
Erica Baker, and the
Smithsonian Institution
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's
National Museum of African American History and Culture
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. The REACH Opening Festival at the
Kennedy Center
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closed with a screening of ''Homecoming''. The
Museum of the Moving Image
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screened ''Homecoming'' as part of Curators' Choice 2019. Red Hot Arts in Australia hosted an outdoor screening of ''Homecoming'' singers and musicians playing tribute to the film.
Balmain creative director
Olivier Rousteing
Olivier Rousteing (; born September 13, 1985) is a French fashion designer. He has been the creative director of Balmain since 2011.
Early life and education
Rousteing was adopted by his parents at the age of 1. Rousteing's mother is an optici ...
described Beyoncé as a visionary, saying "She really is an inspiration — she wants to share a vision with you, and there are never any limits.", and spoke on Beyoncé's opening costume, saying the team "wanted to create something truly iconic, something that instantly felt forever and timeless and historic." He also said "The strength of Beyoncé is whatever she does, a lot of people are inspired by her.
utwhen you do one thing for Beyoncé, no one can have the same thing".
Music director Derek Dixie spoke on ''Homecoming'' being nominated for an
Emmy Award
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: "(Beyoncé) has tons and tons of classic records that when putting the show together, you have to maintain the classic feel of the record but make it feel like you're in a stadium at homecoming." Ric Lipson of Stufish, who designed the pyramidal stage for ''Homecoming'', said "we've never really won — or been nominated for even — a prestigious thing like the Emmys. We all knew this was going to be something special, but I don't think anyone realized how special." Lipson described the work on ''Homecoming'' as "a great challenge", since he needed to fulfil Beyoncé's vision "which was to evoke the aesthetic and energy of American historic black colleges, yet still look like a work of art." Stufish designed dozens of pyramid structures for the stage, with the final design "literally pushing the boundaries of what the festival would allow." This stage was also displayed at the 2019
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
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, which ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' calls "a living piece of Beychella history".
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of the Madea character, a tough elderly woman. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmmak ...
paid homage to the performance and the documentary in his 2022 Netflix film ''
A Madea Homecoming
''A Madea Homecoming'' is a 2022 American comedy film produced, written, and directed by Tyler Perry and his second film to be released by Netflix. Besides Perry, the film stars Cassi Davis-Patton, David Mann, Tamela Mann, Gabrielle Dennis, and ...
''.
Music
''
Homecoming: The Live Album'' was released at the same time as the documentary, with no prior announcement. The album featured 36 live tracks, 2
spoken word
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interludes and 2 new tracks, an official release of "
I Been On" and a cover of
Maze
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's "
Before I Let Go".
References
External links
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Homecoming' at
Metacritic
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