Beyoncé

Parkwood gave Beyoncé an organisation through which music, film and performance could be developed together. Black Is King makes that structure visible: co-director Kwasi Fordjour brought years of work within her team to a production involving many other artists and specialists. Start with his account of the process to understand how a recognisable vision can depend on substantial shared authorship. Beyoncé belongs here for building a setting in which those contributions could become a coherent, ambitious piece of work.