Beyoncé: Lemonade is a musical film and visual album created by American singer Beyoncé, and serves as a visual companion to her 2016 album of the same name. Beyoncé also contributes as a director and executive producer for the film. It premiered on HBO on April 23, 2016, logging 787,000 viewers.
It is divided into eleven chapters, titled "Intuition", "Denial", "Anger", "Apathy", "Emptiness", "Accountability", "Reformation", "Forgiveness", "Resurrection", "Hope", and "Redemption". The film uses poetry and prose written by British-Somali poet Warsan Shire; the poems adapted were "The Unbearable Weight of Staying", "Dear Moon", "How to Wear Your Mother's Lipstick", "Nail Technician as Palm Reader", and "For Women Who Are Difficult to Love".
Cast[]
- Beyoncé
- Ibeyi
- Laolu Senbanjo
- Amandla Stenberg
- Quvenzhané Wallis
- Chloe x Halle
- Zendaya
- Serena Williams
- Sybrina Fulton (mother of Trayvon Martin)
- Lesley McFadden (mother of Michael Brown)
- Gwen Carr (mother of Eric Garner)
- Blue Ivy Carter (home video footage)
- Hattie White (home video footage)
- Tina Knowles (home video footage)
- Richard Lawson (home video footage)
International release[]
| Country | Network(s) | Date(s) |
|---|---|---|
| United States | HBO | April 23, 2016 |
| Latin America | HBO | June 17, 2016 |
| Australia | Arena | June 25, 2016 |
| Canada | HBO Canada | June 26, 2016 |
| Netherlands | HBO | June 19, 2016 |
| New Zealand | SoHo | June 18, 2016 |
| Spain | Canal+ Estrenos | June 19, 2016 |
| United Kingdom | Sky Atlantic | June 18, 2016 |