Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé

If you are a fan of Beyonce you will love this and even if you are not a fan you will still appreciate the tireless hours her band, dancers, choir, and the people behind the scenes put in to give a phenomenal concert. Those 1/2stars reviews you see on here are people who really didn't watch it...don't pay attention to that.

I keep seeing bad reviews for this documentary and I wondered why until I realized that most people who leave film reviews are middle-aged white men. Don't listen to them.

Homecoming is inspiring, entertaining, joyful and most of all, honest. Not only do we get the chance to see a high quality video of Beyoncé's Coachella performance, we get to see all the hard work her cast and crew put into the production. We learn that it took 8 months of meetings, vocal practices, dance rehearsals, and plain old perseverance for it to come to fruition. And it shows.

I cried a few times watching this documentary because Beyoncé's performance was so much more than just a concert, it was history. Beyoncé is the first African American woman to headline Coachella and she states that what was most important to her was bringing culture to the festival. Because of this, she hired a predominantly black cast and emphasized the importance of historically black universities. The film quotes DuBois who states that, "Education must not simply teach work, it must teach life."

I hope that people give themselves the chance to broaden their perspective and see this documentary for more than what it seems. It isn't simply a behind-the-scenes look at a Coachella performance, it's an ode to all the young black men and women out there persevering and following their dreams. That alone deserves more than just a 1 star rating.

Just because she is celebrating her heritage and black culture, does not mean she hates white people . . . This movie shows all the hard work that goes into creating an epic performance. Kudos to everyone involved in its production.

This is a very nicely made capture of the Beyonce Coachella experience. It does not really have much behind the scenes content. I finished at least half.

I wanted more of the journey to the stage that was promised. Much of this film is just the performance itself. However it is a very good performance, with great images, editing, and sound. It seems Beyonce really played a key role in getting it all to come together to come across in the way she lived it. She had her crew really capture all that sound of the stomping on the bleachers for example. All of the editing looks very kinetic too.

It's an inspiring performance with a lot of powerful female sexual energy, a lot of deep heartbreak and fury in the lyrics about love affairs and emotional affairs and cheating. As brutally honest as the lyrics are, implied to be about Jay-Z, the concert also features him in the show. I think it must have been a great moment on stage.

I'm not particularly a Beyonce fan but I was impressed with the concert and its production and artistry. I did think as a documentary it was very light on all the other parts that usually go into a making of video. Maybe there was more in the second half. I don't know. I understand how others might consider the content that was included a bit too high brow. I wish there was more that could've been shown. But honestly it's a remarkable performance.

My Lord, this woman is talented. Singing, dancing, composing, swagger, writing, fashion, authenticity, relatabilty, confidence, hardworking. This is pure musical empowerment, full of so many fun surprises. The behind the scenes stuff is good, but I wish it was much more straight-forward, instead of pronouncing its own self-importance...the concert does the thematic heavy-lifting all by itself.