4:44 Poster

4:44 2017

8 min📅 2017-07-06

Overview

Centers on two performances; in the first, dancers Storyboard P and Okwui Okpokwasili twist and twine their bodies in a moving two-part dance of desire, pain, and regret. In the second, present-day hip-hop royalty Beyoncé and Jay-Z serenade each other as part of a live performance. The work accompanies Jay-Z's track of the same name, widely viewed as an apology to his wife, Beyoncé for his infidelity and emotional failures as a husband. A collaboration between Arthur Jafa, Malik Sayeed, and Balt

Director: Elissa Blount Moorhead

Cast

Storyboard P
Dancer
Okwui Okpokwasili
Okwui Okpokwasili
Dancer
Beyoncé
Beyoncé
Self (archive footage)
Jay-Z
Jay-Z
Self (archive footage)