Film stylist and GQ fashion director Mobolaji Dawodu spoke to Vogue about the unifying theme behind the costume design, and said, "The main thing is that it … In the very beginning of Amazon Prime Video's Guava Island, the first thing we hear after Donald Glover’s upbeat opening song is Rihanna’s voice. All true, perhaps, but Guava Island relies on overused themes and its preoccupations are unnervingly limited. From “Atlanta” to “Guava Island” ... Word got out that Glover and Rihanna were filming a project in Cuba last summer, but details were scare beyond that. A young musician seeks to hold a festival to liberate the oppressed people of Guava Island… Directed by Hiro Murai. His response--besides no, you cannot-- was Guava Island, a “tropical thriller,” filmed in Cuba and initially released at Coachella on April 11th. Filmed in secret in Cuba and released with little fanfare on Amazon this morning, “Guava Island” is a musical-romance-thriller from the team behind FX’s “Atlanta,” director Hiro Murai and its star, the unstoppable Donald Glover (known in his music persona as Childish Gambino). The 33-year-old, who was killed last month in … Hiro Murai's Guava Island, shot in Cuba and casting Rihanna in a non-singing support role, manages to wrap salty-air good vibes around a parable … Although Guava Island is a fictional place, the film was shot entirely in Cuba and features costume design that reflects the African diaspora. They bill it on Prime as an “Island thriller,” which… no. ‘Guava Island is loosely inspired by Prince’s ‘Purple Rain’, ‘ City of God ’ (2003) and ‘ Touki Bouki ’ (1991), Glover/Gambino incorporates his past songs like ‘Summertime Magic’, repurposes the memorable ‘ This is America ’ TIA with tropical Cuba as the backdrop. It’s made in Cuba but makes no connection to Cuba. Amazon itself seems at a loss to describe Guava Island, shot in secret last summer in Cuba. With Donald Glover, Rihanna, Letitia Wright, Nonso Anozie. Vistar, a local magazine in Cuba, has called Guava Island a movie musical that will also star Black Panther‘s Letitia Wright and Nonso Anozie.Rihanna supposedly plays a … What is Guava Island?Fans have been asking this question since August last year when Donald Glover and Rihanna were pictured together in Cuba amid rumours of a … “‘Guava Island’ is the end result of four incredible weeks spent in Cuba with some of the most inspiring creative talents I’ve ever met. Others were stunned at the parallels between Guava Island's storyline and the recent real-life death of rapper, Nipsey Hussle. Glover plays Deni Maroon a silly, floral pattern wearing musician. Yes, it takes place on an island. It’s made in Cuba … Guava Island details the story of a dangerous musical protest accompanied by a sweet love story. Places and spaces worth seeing to get a Guava Island experience in Havana. No, to our dismay, she doesn’t sing at all in the film, but lends her distinct rasp and dulcet to do a little story-telling instead. Designers, performers, musicians, and filmmakers came together from all over the world to create this crazy fever dream of a production,” said Murai. But it’s not a thriller.