while Beyonce never formally earned a degree, Homecoming stands as her graduate dissertation, a grandiose masterwork that dissects, hallows and archives the arts of the African diaspora
it's far more action than necessary for anyone just wanting to watch the concert, but it's a revelatory - and celebratory - look at the boldest statement she's made yet
a euphoric, triumphant, and exhaustingly fierce documentary that should help see Beychella enshrined as one of the definitive pop culture events of the century
"Homecoming" is most ways beautiful, emotional, honest; Like so many up-close-and-personal looks at Beyonce, this new special is better at signifying genius than at letting us come close to the real thing