It stars Donald Glover and Rihanna in the lead roles of Deni and Kofi, respectively, and was first exhibited at the Coachella Festival on April 11, 2019.

He rushes out of their house and is greeted by many passersby on the street on his way to work; Deni is holding a music festival that the whole town is looking forward to.

In August 2018, it had been reported that actors and musicians Donald Glover and Rihanna had been filming a secret project in Cuba titled Guava Island throughout that summer.

[5] The film's score was composed by Michael Uzowuru, with its soundtrack also including several songs performed by Glover as Childish Gambino: The trailer for the full-length movie premiered on November 24, 2018, at the PHAROS festival in New Zealand.

[6] The footage featured Glover singing and strumming a guitar while in the presence of Rihanna, who plays his girlfriend on screen.

The website's critics consensus reads: "Thematically ambitious if occasionally somewhat obtuse, Guava Island adds another intriguing chapter to a talented team's burgeoning filmography.

[12] Peter Debruge of Variety magazine writes "the film serves as a shorter, tighter Purple Rain, a self-mythologizing origin story from the artist formerly known as Childish Gambino, reintroduced here as Deni Maroon."

Club gave the film a C+, summing up her review: "Short, sweet, and to the point Guava Island proves a catchy little musical number.

"[14] In Rolling Stone, Guava Island screenwriter Stephen Glover, Donald's brother, notes a relationship of the plot and themes to the life and recent death of American rapper Nipsey Hussle.