Call Me: Beyoncé & Nashville’s Renaissance on Binge – The official trailer and key art for new documentary Call Me: Beyoncé & Nashville’s Renaissance, which examines the impact of how artists are challenging the country music status quo, has been released ahead of its 24 May debut on BINGE.
Beyoncé’s highly anticipated album “Cowboy Carter,” released 29 March, arrived during a revolution within country music as the latest arena of the culture wars in America.
Some in the industry are welcoming more diverse artists, while others stick to a much narrower view of a genre that predominantly centres around straight, white men.
The documentaryexamines the impact of how high-profile artists like Lil Nas X and Beyoncé are challenging the country music status quo and how Black artists in Nashville have been laying the foundation for this transformation for some time.
Call Me: Beyoncé & Nashville’s Renaissance features interviews with country musicians including Rhiannon Giddens, banjo player on Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em,” John and T.J. Osborne of Brothers Osborne, Rissi Palmer, Aaron Vance, and Denitia.
It also includes analysis from culture and country music experts including Touré, Larisha Paul, Chris Molanphy, Kyle Coroneos, Keith Hill, andCo-Directors of the Black Opry Holly G. and Tanner D.
For CNN FlashDocs, Eric Johnson serves as an Executive Producer, Emily Taguchi serves as Supervising Producer, and Ashley Santoro serves as Senior Producer.
The unit is led by Katie Hinman, Vice President of Program Development for CNN Worldwide.
Call Me: Beyoncé & Nashville’s Renaissance on Binge – premieres Friday 24 May on BINGE available on Hubbl and Saturday 25 May on Docos at 7.30pm and available On Demand.
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