{"id":10327,"date":"2020-07-20T13:55:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T11:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=10327"},"modified":"2020-07-20T13:55:45","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T11:55:45","slug":"new-trailer-poster-from-black-is-king-africa-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/07\/20\/new-trailer-poster-from-black-is-king-africa-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"New Trailer &#038; Poster From &#8220;Black Is King&#8221; &#038; Africa Availability"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BlackIsKing-poster.jpg?resize=500%2C741\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BlackIsKing-poster.jpg?w=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/BlackIsKing-poster.jpg?resize=202%2C300&amp;ssl=1 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday, July 19th, 2020, Parkwood Entertainment and Disney+ released the new trailer and poster for \u201cBlack Is King,\u201d a film by 24-time GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winner Beyonc\u00e9 Knowles-Carter, which will premiere globally on July 31, 2020, streaming on Disney+. The new film based on the music of \u201cThe Lion King: The Gift,\u201d will premiere two weeks after the one-year anniversary of the theatrical release of Disney\u2019s global phenomenon, \u201cThe Lion King.\u201d The film reimagines the lessons from the 2019 blockbuster for today\u2019s young kings and queens in search of their own crowns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BLACK IS KING, a film by Beyonc\u00e9 | Official Trailer | Disney+\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/69MO7yU0d70?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Simultaneously, a distribution deal was announced to make \u201cBlack Is King\u201d available on much of the African Continent, including South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, Namibia, Cameroon, Liberia, Burundi, Senegal, Togo, Somalia, Benin, Congo, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Gabon, Cape Verde and many more countries through MultiChoice Group\u2019s M-Net and Canal+ Afrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBlack Is King\u201d was in production for one year and features an impressive list of diverse voices on its creative team, including directors Emmanuel Adjei (the film \u201cShahmaran\u201d), Blitz Bazawule (the film \u201cThe Burial of Kojo\u201d), Pierre Debusschere (\u201cMine\u201d and \u201cGhost\u201d videos for Beyonc\u00e9), Jenn Nkiru (\u201cBLACK TO TECHNO\u201d film), Ibra Ake (creative director and producer on \u201cThis is America\u201d video for Childish Gambino), Dikayl Rimmasch (\u201cCACHAO, UNO MAS\u201d film), Jake Nava (\u201cCrazy in Love,\u201d \u201cSingle Ladies,\u201d \u201cPartition\u201d videos for Beyonc\u00e9) and co-director and long-time collaborator of Beyonc\u00e9, Kwasi Fordjour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of additional co-directors and second unit directors adds to the crew\u2019s global representation, including Dafe Oboro, Julian Klincewicz, Derek Milton, Meji Alabi, Joshua Kissi, Alexandre Moors and Deon Van Zyl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Filmed in various locations, the film\u2019s cinematography captures beautiful people and landscapes across continents, starting in New York, then Los Angeles, South Africa, West Africa, London and Belgium. From all those places came an extraordinary cast of actors and dancers that influenced the film\u2019s rich tableau and vibrant choreography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new trailer provides a glimpse of some of the special guests in the film. They include models Aweng Ade-Chuol and Adut Akech, supermodel Naomi Campbell, Tina Knowles-Lawson, author and Academy Award\u00ae-winning actor Lupita Nyong\u2019o, singer Kelly Rowland, Pharrell Williams and JAY-Z, among others. Many artists featured on \u201cThe Lion King: The Gift\u201d album also make appearances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A celebratory memoir for the world on the black experience, \u201cBlack Is King\u201d includes full-length videos for the songs \u201cAlready,\u201d \u201cBrown Skin Girl,\u201d \u201cMood 4 Eva\u201d and \u201cMy Power,\u201d which is heard in the new trailer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Parkwood Entertainment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parkwood Entertainment is a film and production company, record label and management firm founded by entertainer and entrepreneur, Beyonc\u00e9 in 2010. With offices in Los Angeles and New York City, the company houses departments in music, film, video, live performances and concert production, management, business development, marketing, digital, creative, philanthropy, and publicity. Under its original name, Parkwood Pictures, the company released the film \u201cCadillac Records\u201d (2008), in which Beyonc\u00e9 starred and co-produced. The company has also released the film \u201cObsessed\u201d (2009), with Beyonc\u00e9 as star and executive producer, the winner of the Peabody Award for Entertainment, \u201cLemonade\u201d (2017), and the Emmy\u00ae-nominated and GRAMMY Award\u00ae-winning \u201cHomecoming: A Film By Beyonc\u00e9\u201d (2019), which documents Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s history-making performance at the Coachella Valley Music &amp; Arts Festival in 2018. Parkwood Entertainment produced The Mrs. Carter Show World Tour (2013-2014), The Formation World Tour (2016), and the aforementioned \u201cHomecoming\u201d performances at Coachella (2018) and co-produced the ON THE RUN Tour (2014) and ON THE RUN II Tour (2018).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday, July 19th, 2020, Parkwood Entertainment and Disney+ released the new trailer and poster for \u201cBlack Is King,\u201d a film by 24-time GRAMMY\u00ae Award-winner Beyonc\u00e9 Knowles-Carter, which will premiere globally on July 31, 2020, streaming on Disney+. The new film based on the music of \u201cThe Lion King: The Gift,\u201d will premiere two weeks after&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/07\/20\/new-trailer-poster-from-black-is-king-africa-availability\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New Trailer &#038; Poster From &#8220;Black Is King&#8221; &#038; Africa Availability<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[123],"class_list":["post-10327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","tag-disney","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10327\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}