Beyonce has been slapped with a lawsuit amid allegations the trailer for her short film Lemonade infringes on a filmmaker’s copyright. Director Matthew Fulks has claimed the promo for Lemonade has number of images strikingly similar to those he has used for his short, Palinoia, which was released in 2014.
Among the scenes he has taken issue with are those featured in the clip for the track Don’t Hurt Yourself, in which Beyonce stands in front of a graffiti-covered wall in a dimly-lit parking lot. He also alleges close-up images of “overgrown grass” and footage shot with a red tint are rip-offs of his own work.
Fulks, who states his film detailed a “tumultuous relationship” — just like the one Beyonce details in Lemonade, alleges a senior vice president at Beyonce’s label Columbia Music viewed Palinoia in 2015, and then lifted ideas for the singer's project, when filming began last year. Beyonce’s representatives are yet to formally respond to the suit.
