The cap that Socrates wears throughout the movie reads "90291", the zip code corresponding to the Los Angeles suburb of Venice (roughly 15 miles west of where this movie takes place). The M'Shalla family moves to Venice at the end of the movie after Howard gets a job there.
Director Michael Apted and star Cicely Tyson (Luvia) died within three weeks of each other; Apted on January 7th, 2021 and Tyson on January 28th, 2021.
The film cast includes three Oscar nominees: Laurence Fishburne, Cicely Tyson and Laurie Metcalf.
Laurence Fishburne and Cicely Tyson previously appeared in Hoodlum (1997), which was directed by their co-star in this movie Bill Duke.