Thread by @JamilSmith

I saw @Beyonce’s “Homecoming” on Monday night at @netflix. It is a phenomenal piece of work. I had seen parts of the Coachella performances beforehand, but her film is a revelatory look at the process of building them and the thinking behind them. Make the time today to watch it.

“What made Beyoncé’s Coachella showing so radical was her mission to celebrate the black art that has long influenced popular culture even though its architects—especially the female ones—haven’t always been given their due from white America.” lat.ms/2IAtTVD

I wanted the soundtrack of the concert as soon as the credits began rolling. Beyoncé’s Coachella set filtered her sound through the halftime of an HBCU football game, and everyone should be able to feel that swag walking down the street or on the freeway. twitter.com/i/events/11184…

“The show is as immaculate as you heard. If you rolled your eyes at what seemed to be hyperbole, you weren’t alone—but from inception to execution, this might be the most inspired, singular, thoughtful, and downright beast of a stage show we’ll ever see.” rol.st/2XkDuns

Black folks love Beyoncé so deeply, in part, because she repeatedly shows how much she loves black folks. She makes blackness shine in her work, whether or not she is in white arenas. @ethiopienne, on how HOMECOMING honors our scholars and institutions. on.theatln.tc/lQPAZpF