Stylistic choices by directors and filmmakers like Kwasi Fordjour, Emmanuel Adjei, and Blitz Bazawule elevate the result into something that digs beyond aesthetics and shows an authentic appreciation for the culture's ancestral roots.

Black is King works because it is honest: a film of hope and belonging, represented by those whose cultures and diaspora continue to survive and thrive beyond a displacement that is similar, but not the same.

"I am a whole mood," says Beyonce in one lyric. Black is King is a whole other level.

I had a feeling that this would be a beautiful experience. Visually speaking, it looked stunning and the colors popped...in the final product.