Filmmakers initially claimed the pop star copped footage from 2012 film without consent.

Beyonce surprised her fans on Saturday with the release of anew song Formation and accompanying music video.

But two people are less than thrilled with the debut of new material.

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They were given proper compensation.

The footage was provided to us by the filmmakers production company.

The filmmaker is listed in the credits for additional photography direction.

We are thankful that they granted us permission .

According tocredits for the music video as published on Videostatic, Bagheri is cited with additional photography direction.

Those images were featured in the pairs 2012 documentary, which chronicles sissy bounce culture in hip-hop.

(The genres pioneer, Big Freedia, is featured on Formationand also appears in the documentary.)

See both of the videos and all of their tweets below.

Additional reporting by Kevin ODonnell.