Exclusive: The McDonald’s All American Games, the all star game for high school basketball players, has featured the likes of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
It is now the subject of a new feature documentary for Amazon.
The streamer has greenlit the film, which comes from Roc Nation, Known, and Creative Control, for its Prime Video service.
The McDonald’s All American Games featured many of the NBA’s biggest legends before they made it big. The game started in 1977 and has catapulted high school seniors into the NBA, and, for many, turned their dreams of superstardom into reality.
The doc tells the story through the eyes of the legends it’s created, the lives it’s changed, and the communities it’s transformed. Production started last year and will include coverage of the 2022 and 2023 games as well as other historical moments.
The game also opened up...
It is now the subject of a new feature documentary for Amazon.
The streamer has greenlit the film, which comes from Roc Nation, Known, and Creative Control, for its Prime Video service.
The McDonald’s All American Games featured many of the NBA’s biggest legends before they made it big. The game started in 1977 and has catapulted high school seniors into the NBA, and, for many, turned their dreams of superstardom into reality.
The doc tells the story through the eyes of the legends it’s created, the lives it’s changed, and the communities it’s transformed. Production started last year and will include coverage of the 2022 and 2023 games as well as other historical moments.
The game also opened up...
- 4/13/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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Film and television studio MRC is shelving a completed documentary focused on Kanye “Ye” West in light of the artist’s recent antisemitic comments.
“This morning, after discussion with our filmmakers and distribution partners, we made the decision not to proceed with any distribution for our recently completed documentary about Kanye West,” CEOs Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, as well as COO Scott Tenley, wrote in an open letter on Monday. “We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform.”
MRC was in talks with distributors before this latest decision. When asked if the film was sent to any film festivals, an MRC representative responded that “all activities are being pulled.”
In their open letter, the leaders wrote that West has helped “mainstream” antisemitism in the current climate. “The silence from leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or antisemitism, in general,...
Film and television studio MRC is shelving a completed documentary focused on Kanye “Ye” West in light of the artist’s recent antisemitic comments.
“This morning, after discussion with our filmmakers and distribution partners, we made the decision not to proceed with any distribution for our recently completed documentary about Kanye West,” CEOs Modi Wiczyk and Asif Satchu, as well as COO Scott Tenley, wrote in an open letter on Monday. “We cannot support any content that amplifies his platform.”
MRC was in talks with distributors before this latest decision. When asked if the film was sent to any film festivals, an MRC representative responded that “all activities are being pulled.”
In their open letter, the leaders wrote that West has helped “mainstream” antisemitism in the current climate. “The silence from leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or antisemitism, in general,...
- 10/24/2022
- by Katie Kilkenny
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix)
Writer-director Andrew Rossi and exec producer Ryan Murphy draw from the 1989 book of the same name to offer an intimate portrait of the late artist’s public and private lives. It dropped March 9 (more recently than any competitor), is rated 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and landed three other noms, including directing and writing.
The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)
The Beatles Get Back Documentary
Disney+, the service behind 2021’s winner, Secrets of the Whales, returns to contention with Peter Jackson’s remarkable depiction — drawing from 57 hours of film and 140 hours of audio — of The Beatles’ prep for their final public performance on a London rooftop in 1969. Its five nominations (directing among them) are a category high.
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix)
Kanye ‘Ye’ West in jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.
Filmed over two decades and...
Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Series
The Andy Warhol Diaries (Netflix)
Writer-director Andrew Rossi and exec producer Ryan Murphy draw from the 1989 book of the same name to offer an intimate portrait of the late artist’s public and private lives. It dropped March 9 (more recently than any competitor), is rated 97 percent on Rotten Tomatoes and landed three other noms, including directing and writing.
The Beatles: Get Back (Disney+)
The Beatles Get Back Documentary
Disney+, the service behind 2021’s winner, Secrets of the Whales, returns to contention with Peter Jackson’s remarkable depiction — drawing from 57 hours of film and 140 hours of audio — of The Beatles’ prep for their final public performance on a London rooftop in 1969. Its five nominations (directing among them) are a category high.
jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy (Netflix)
Kanye ‘Ye’ West in jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.
Filmed over two decades and...
- 8/12/2022
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” co-directors Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah both vividly remember how they first encountered Kanye West as a rapper. For Simmons, it was back in Chicago with West performing with Glc after seeing him lay down beats in local barbershops. “I was like, this dude is the one. He was so charismatic on stage and his lyrics; the things that he was talking about, I was like, this guy is a standout artist,” Simmons tells Gold Derby during our recent webchat (watch the exclusive video interview above). The first time Ozah heard Kanye rap, it was when he played “Jesus Walks” for him. “To be bold enough to rap about Jesus and talented enough to create a song about Jesus. I could literally ride around the block, pumping a song about Jesus and pop my head and feel cool. That’s a major accomplishment!”
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- 7/27/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
A version of this story about “jeen-yuhs” first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
When Kanye West announced on social media in January that he expected the filmmakers of the documentary “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” to give him final cut, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, friends of Kanye’s from Chicago who’d been accumulating footage for nearly 20 years. After all, they were preparing for a version of the film back in 2006 when the hip-hop artist and producer, in the first flush of fame, announced that they couldn’t release that film because he didn’t want to be seen in unguarded moments.
“I read his message on my birthday that he wanted to shut the movie down,” Coodie said, laughing. (The series’ directing credits read simply “Coodie & Chike.”) “I almost fainted, but at the same time,...
When Kanye West announced on social media in January that he expected the filmmakers of the documentary “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” to give him final cut, it shouldn’t have come as a surprise to Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, friends of Kanye’s from Chicago who’d been accumulating footage for nearly 20 years. After all, they were preparing for a version of the film back in 2006 when the hip-hop artist and producer, in the first flush of fame, announced that they couldn’t release that film because he didn’t want to be seen in unguarded moments.
“I read his message on my birthday that he wanted to shut the movie down,” Coodie said, laughing. (The series’ directing credits read simply “Coodie & Chike.”) “I almost fainted, but at the same time,...
- 6/14/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Pete Davidson doesn’t take Kanye West’s digs too literally, otherwise he would be hospitalized…for real.
During Davidson’s Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival set, the “Saturday Night Live” star responded to multi-hyphenate artist West’s lyric that he is HIV-positive.
“I’ve had a really weird year. I had an AIDS scare this year,” Davidson joked onstage. “Yeah, I did, and you’re like, ‘Pete, wow, what’s going on in your life? Are you sharing needles? Are you doing heroin? Are you having tons of unprotected sex?’ No, Kanye told me I had AIDS. And he’s a genius so I was like, ‘Oh, fuck. I better call my doctor. The guy who made ‘College Dropout’ thinks I have AIDS.'”
Davidson went on to explain that saying someone has AIDS is “such a ’90s, early 2000s thing.”
“John Mulaney called me and he was like ‘AIDS?...
During Davidson’s Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival set, the “Saturday Night Live” star responded to multi-hyphenate artist West’s lyric that he is HIV-positive.
“I’ve had a really weird year. I had an AIDS scare this year,” Davidson joked onstage. “Yeah, I did, and you’re like, ‘Pete, wow, what’s going on in your life? Are you sharing needles? Are you doing heroin? Are you having tons of unprotected sex?’ No, Kanye told me I had AIDS. And he’s a genius so I was like, ‘Oh, fuck. I better call my doctor. The guy who made ‘College Dropout’ thinks I have AIDS.'”
Davidson went on to explain that saying someone has AIDS is “such a ’90s, early 2000s thing.”
“John Mulaney called me and he was like ‘AIDS?...
- 5/6/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Kanye West has become possibly the world’s most famous and revered rap star, dominating headlines with his music and his personal life. But there was a time – hard as it is to imagine – when he was pegged as “just” a great record producer, and not a performer in his own right.
The Netflix docuseries Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy dials back to that time when Ye (as he calls himself now) struggled to be taken seriously as a solo artist. The series is directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, who made some of West’s most important music videos. Simmons grew up in Chicago, as did Kanye, and began shooting video of West back in the late 1990s, well before the rapper released his first solo album.
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“To actually start documenting him, what inspired me was Hoop Dreams, the documentary...
The Netflix docuseries Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy dials back to that time when Ye (as he calls himself now) struggled to be taken seriously as a solo artist. The series is directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, who made some of West’s most important music videos. Simmons grew up in Chicago, as did Kanye, and began shooting video of West back in the late 1990s, well before the rapper released his first solo album.
Contenders TV Docs + Unscripted: — Deadline’s Complete Coverage
“To actually start documenting him, what inspired me was Hoop Dreams, the documentary...
- 4/23/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
What does it take to get Queer Eye’s Jonathan Van Ness to show up on time for shoots on their Emmy-winning Netflix series? “Tough love,” jokes fellow cast member Bobby Berk.
That’s one of the many revelations — humorous and otherwise — you can expect from Deadline’s all-day Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event, which gets underway Saturday at 9 a.m. Pt and takes you inside the hottest nonfiction series and films competing for honors this TV awards season.
Click here to sign up for and watch the livestream.
Among the 21 series and 60 stars, creators and showrunners being showcased in the all-day event, Lucy and Desi director Amy Poehler reveals how she uncovered the “human story” of television icons Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, mining a trove of never-before-heard audio tapes of the showbiz couple. W. Kamau Bell tells us about taking on a fallen TV icon, Bill Cosby,...
That’s one of the many revelations — humorous and otherwise — you can expect from Deadline’s all-day Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event, which gets underway Saturday at 9 a.m. Pt and takes you inside the hottest nonfiction series and films competing for honors this TV awards season.
Click here to sign up for and watch the livestream.
Among the 21 series and 60 stars, creators and showrunners being showcased in the all-day event, Lucy and Desi director Amy Poehler reveals how she uncovered the “human story” of television icons Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, mining a trove of never-before-heard audio tapes of the showbiz couple. W. Kamau Bell tells us about taking on a fallen TV icon, Bill Cosby,...
- 4/23/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Fresh from the debut of The Kardashians on Hulu, Kim Kardashian joins our spectacular roster of talent for Deadline’s Contenders Television: Docs + Unscripted virtual event this Saturday.
Register here for this entertaining and informative showcase of the most buzzworthy nonfiction series and films competing for recognition this TV awards season. It all kicks off at 9 a.m. Pt.
Kardashian and executive producer Ben Winston talk about launching an entirely new unscripted series on a new platform after 20 seasons of E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
“I think it was really a scary jump,” Kardashian admits, “but the most exciting jump to work with a new partner.”
Coincidentally, Kim’s ex-husband is the subject of an acclaimed Netflix series taking part in our Contenders Docs + Unscripted event – jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy. Director-producers Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah reveal Ye’s current feelings about the three-part exploration of the rapper...
Register here for this entertaining and informative showcase of the most buzzworthy nonfiction series and films competing for recognition this TV awards season. It all kicks off at 9 a.m. Pt.
Kardashian and executive producer Ben Winston talk about launching an entirely new unscripted series on a new platform after 20 seasons of E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians.
“I think it was really a scary jump,” Kardashian admits, “but the most exciting jump to work with a new partner.”
Coincidentally, Kim’s ex-husband is the subject of an acclaimed Netflix series taking part in our Contenders Docs + Unscripted event – jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy. Director-producers Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah reveal Ye’s current feelings about the three-part exploration of the rapper...
- 4/20/2022
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sharese Bullock-Bailey has been appointed as Festival Director and the first-ever Chief Innovation Officer at Urbanworld, which showcases narrative features, documentaries, short films, web originals, spotlight screenings, conversations and music performances that feature storytellers of color, including Black, Indigenous and Latinx artists.
In her new roles, Bullock-Bailey will oversee the brand, lead all key components of annual Festival planning and execution, expand Urbanworld Innovation, drive strategy and optimize assets and experiences, building upon current and potential partnerships as the festival enters its next 25 years.
“We are thrilled to have Sharese Bullock-Bailey join the Urbanworld family as the Festival Director and first-ever Chief Innovation Officer,” said Urbanworld founder Stacy Spikes. “She brings a rare blend of talents, expertise and leadership to our team as we continue to expand our impact in storytelling, technology and game-changing culture.”
“Urbanworld provides a legacy and blueprint for the future of storytelling, technology and community...
In her new roles, Bullock-Bailey will oversee the brand, lead all key components of annual Festival planning and execution, expand Urbanworld Innovation, drive strategy and optimize assets and experiences, building upon current and potential partnerships as the festival enters its next 25 years.
“We are thrilled to have Sharese Bullock-Bailey join the Urbanworld family as the Festival Director and first-ever Chief Innovation Officer,” said Urbanworld founder Stacy Spikes. “She brings a rare blend of talents, expertise and leadership to our team as we continue to expand our impact in storytelling, technology and game-changing culture.”
“Urbanworld provides a legacy and blueprint for the future of storytelling, technology and community...
- 4/7/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
“Tonight is not about Yeezus. It’s about Jesus,” said DeVon Franklin, the TV and film producer, bestselling author and VP of the Motion Picture Academy’s board of governors, introducing a panel at NeueHouse in Hollywood this week. It was both, of course, as the event he was leading was sponsored by Netflix and at least ostensibly in the service of promoting discussion about “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,” the three-part documentary about hip-hop titan Kanye West that just rolled out over three weeks on the streaming service. Franklin wasn’t being misleading, though: Yahweh mentions did at least slightly beat out Ye shout-outs during the two-hour discussion, although there was no mistaking that the promise of discussing pop culture’s most polarizing figure was the chief lure for the members of L.A.’s Black church community that primarily made up the full house.
So is “Jeen-yuhs” really a faith-based film?...
So is “Jeen-yuhs” really a faith-based film?...
- 3/6/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s highly anticipated Kanye West documentary “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” began streaming last week, but you would be forgiven for losing track of West’s constantly evolving stance on the film. In the weeks leading up to its release he publicly demanded to re-edit the film in order to “control [his] image,” and baselessly threatened to block the documentary from being released. Soon after, he once again took to Instagram to request that Drake record new narration for the documentary. But he eventually attended a screening of the film arranged by Netflix and was seen embracing the film’s directors before addressing the crowd. Since then, he has used his social media following to passionately promote the film, and even celebrated when it briefly became the most viewed item on Netflix.
Despite not having final say over the film, it appears that West is pleased with how it turned out.
Despite not having final say over the film, it appears that West is pleased with how it turned out.
- 2/20/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Photo: ‘Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’ Kanye West the self-proclaimed ‘genius’ and ‘god’ has the first act of his documentary titled ‘Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy’ available to watch on Netflix and the first act takes the audience back in time when West was a talented producer, trying to get signed to Roc-a-Fella Records. The entire documentary is about unseen footage of West from the past two decades which includes his career in music and fashion, the death of his mother Donda West, and his 2020 presidential campaign. The documentary is directed by Clarence Simmons aka Coodie and Chike Ozah and throughout the first act, Coodie narrates West’s story, therefore, giving more context of what West was thinking or feeling at that present moment. Related article: Oscar-nominated - 'West Side Story' Full Commentary - Rita Moreno, Steven Spielberg, Rachel Zegler Related article: Oscar-nominated - Exclusive: 'Dune' Full Commentary,...
- 2/19/2022
- by Ayana Hamilton
- Hollywood Insider - Substance & Meaningful Entertainment
Netflix’s poignant new documentary following the rapper over 20 years joins the assorted fact and fiction of hip-hop cinema, from 8 Mile to Straight Outta Compton
I wasn’t expecting to well up while watching a documentary about Kanye West. The embattled rapper has made some of the most thrilling, expansive albums in the genre and beyond, but around the time he aligned himself with Trump politically and the Kardashian set personally, the music took a turn for the turgid, while it seemed kinder to look away from the celebrity theatrics. Exhaustively scrutinising his tumultuous life and work over 20 years, the nearly five-hour Netflix project Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is more moving than you might think.
Its directors, Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, have history with West, having directed his breakout videos for the singles Through the Wire and Jesus Walks, and the film benefits from their thick-and-thin perspective. Filming for...
I wasn’t expecting to well up while watching a documentary about Kanye West. The embattled rapper has made some of the most thrilling, expansive albums in the genre and beyond, but around the time he aligned himself with Trump politically and the Kardashian set personally, the music took a turn for the turgid, while it seemed kinder to look away from the celebrity theatrics. Exhaustively scrutinising his tumultuous life and work over 20 years, the nearly five-hour Netflix project Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is more moving than you might think.
Its directors, Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, have history with West, having directed his breakout videos for the singles Through the Wire and Jesus Walks, and the film benefits from their thick-and-thin perspective. Filming for...
- 2/19/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- The Guardian - Film News
Image Source: Getty / David Livingston
Following the August release of "Donda," Kanye West is gearing up to drop more new music. On Jan. 27, the 44-year-old rapper announced that "Donda 2" will be dropping on Feb. 22. The album will be executive produced by Future.
On Feb. 17, West announced that "Donda 2" is getting a unique release through a device called the Stem Player, which is being sold in conjunction with the album to allow viewers to listen. "'Donda 2' will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player. Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube," West shared on Instagram, explaining, "Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes. It's time to free music from this oppressive system. It's time to take control and build our own. Go to stemplayer.com now to order."
On its website, it states that the device retails for $200, has 8Gb of storage, bluetooth compatability,...
Following the August release of "Donda," Kanye West is gearing up to drop more new music. On Jan. 27, the 44-year-old rapper announced that "Donda 2" will be dropping on Feb. 22. The album will be executive produced by Future.
On Feb. 17, West announced that "Donda 2" is getting a unique release through a device called the Stem Player, which is being sold in conjunction with the album to allow viewers to listen. "'Donda 2' will only be available on my own platform, the Stem Player. Not on Apple Amazon Spotify or YouTube," West shared on Instagram, explaining, "Today artists get just 12% of the money the industry makes. It's time to free music from this oppressive system. It's time to take control and build our own. Go to stemplayer.com now to order."
On its website, it states that the device retails for $200, has 8Gb of storage, bluetooth compatability,...
- 2/18/2022
- by Monica Sisavat
- Popsugar.com
Kanye West's life and career got the documentary treatment from Netflix in a three-part series titled "Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy." The behind-the-scenes documentary - which premiered at this year's Sundance Film Festival ahead of Netflix's Feb. 16 premiere - is "an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye's experience" that focuses on his early days in music, his failed 2020 presidential bid, and his image as a businessman and artist. While West was involved in the making of the documentary, codirectors Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah had control of the final cut.
West previously demanded that control be transferred over to him ahead of the documentary's premiere. "I'm going to say this kindly for the last time. I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix," he wrote in a statement shared on Instagram on Jan. 21. "Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image.
West previously demanded that control be transferred over to him ahead of the documentary's premiere. "I'm going to say this kindly for the last time. I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix," he wrote in a statement shared on Instagram on Jan. 21. "Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image.
- 2/17/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
All eyes will be on Netflix this Wednesday when the streaming service releases the first episode of its “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.” The highly anticipated Kanye West docuseries, over two decades in the making, recently debuted to strong reviews at Sundance. But the rollout recently hit a few snags as the rapper has publicly bristled with Netflix about the series.
However, it seems that all might be forgiven between Ye and “jeen-yuhs” directors Coodie and Chike Ozah. Variety reports that the rapper attended a screening of his documentary on Friday night, where he was seen embracing the two directors and spoke to the celebrity-filled crowd after the screening ended. He continued to express his distrust for Hollywood executives as a whole, but said he appreciated the belief that Coodie and Ozah had in him and the 20-year relationship he shares with them. The controversy-loving star also found time to offer words of support to DaBaby,...
However, it seems that all might be forgiven between Ye and “jeen-yuhs” directors Coodie and Chike Ozah. Variety reports that the rapper attended a screening of his documentary on Friday night, where he was seen embracing the two directors and spoke to the celebrity-filled crowd after the screening ended. He continued to express his distrust for Hollywood executives as a whole, but said he appreciated the belief that Coodie and Ozah had in him and the 20-year relationship he shares with them. The controversy-loving star also found time to offer words of support to DaBaby,...
- 2/12/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
1. “Inventing Anna” (available February 11)
Why Should I Watch? On paper, “Inventing Anna” represents the kind of idea that’s too good to pass up. Take a true crime story about a duplicitous con artist who infiltrated New York’s elite social scene, ask one of modern television’s most skilled twist-tellers to craft a nine-episode limited series, and bam — you’ve got the tale of Anna Delvey, from super-producer Shonda Rhimes. “Inventing Anna” is actually Rhimes’ first series since “Scandal” where she’s serving as creator, and her first time in that roll on a Netflix show since her massive deal was secured in 2017 (and re-upped in 2021). Expect the hype machine to be in full force for this one.
Bonus Reason: Julia Garner, a two-time Emmy winner for “Ozark,” shifts into the lead position for “Inventing Anna,” playing the fake German heiress whose real name is Anna Sorokin. Given her...
Why Should I Watch? On paper, “Inventing Anna” represents the kind of idea that’s too good to pass up. Take a true crime story about a duplicitous con artist who infiltrated New York’s elite social scene, ask one of modern television’s most skilled twist-tellers to craft a nine-episode limited series, and bam — you’ve got the tale of Anna Delvey, from super-producer Shonda Rhimes. “Inventing Anna” is actually Rhimes’ first series since “Scandal” where she’s serving as creator, and her first time in that roll on a Netflix show since her massive deal was secured in 2017 (and re-upped in 2021). Expect the hype machine to be in full force for this one.
Bonus Reason: Julia Garner, a two-time Emmy winner for “Ozark,” shifts into the lead position for “Inventing Anna,” playing the fake German heiress whose real name is Anna Sorokin. Given her...
- 2/6/2022
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Netflix is rolling out "jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy" with all the pageantry you'd expect for a Kanye West documentary. The streamer is billing "jeen-yuhs" as "a three-week global event," which will unfold in three acts, similar to its "Fear Street" movie trilogy last summer. "Act 1 (Vision)" premieres on February 16, 2022, which means the first two-thirds of this trilogy will be playing out during Black History Month.
Directed by Clarence "Coodie" Simmons and Chike Ozah, "jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy" is described as "an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West's experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life...
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Directed by Clarence "Coodie" Simmons and Chike Ozah, "jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy" is described as "an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West's experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life...
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- 2/5/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
Following the journey of music star Kanye West from his early days to worldwide success, the first of the three-part documentary jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy will premiere on Netflix on February 16. “A landmark documentary event presented in three acts from Clarence ‘Coodie’ Simmons and Chike Ozah, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy is an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West’s experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist,” reads Netflix’s release. “When I first put the camera on this up-and-coming producer back in’98, I knew he was destined for greatness,” says Simmons in the first look trailer. “The goal was to see how far his dreams would take him, but I had no idea where life would take us next.” Twenty-one years in the making, Simmons’ never-before-seen footage of the hip hop icon will show the highs...
- 2/4/2022
- TV Insider
Source: YouTube user Netflix
Kanye West fans, gather around, because Netflix is releasing a documentary about the enigmatic rapper called "Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy." The three-installment project - which has been over 20 years in the making - is "an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye's experience," according to the streaming giant. The archival documentary will focus on West's life and career, from his early days trying to break into the music industry up until today, analyzing his reputation "as a global brand and artist." It will also follow West's journey from becoming a rap artist to a businessman, and touch on his failed 2020 presidential bid, as well as the death of his mother, Donda West.
Netflix shared the first-look trailer of the documentary on Sept. 25, which shows behind-the-scenes footage of a young West with rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) as they rap lyrics from their early collaboration...
Kanye West fans, gather around, because Netflix is releasing a documentary about the enigmatic rapper called "Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy." The three-installment project - which has been over 20 years in the making - is "an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye's experience," according to the streaming giant. The archival documentary will focus on West's life and career, from his early days trying to break into the music industry up until today, analyzing his reputation "as a global brand and artist." It will also follow West's journey from becoming a rap artist to a businessman, and touch on his failed 2020 presidential bid, as well as the death of his mother, Donda West.
Netflix shared the first-look trailer of the documentary on Sept. 25, which shows behind-the-scenes footage of a young West with rapper Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) as they rap lyrics from their early collaboration...
- 2/4/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
Even after decades in the brightest spotlight imaginable, the world can’t take its eyes off of Kanye West. The rapper, who recently legally changed his name to Ye, continues to release music and court controversy in his personal life, but one of his most intriguing projects is “jeen-yuhs,” the upcoming Netflix documentary about his career. The first chapter of the three part documentary had its world premiere at Sundance last month, prior to its February release on the streaming service. Now Netflix has revealed the first trailer for “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.”
The official synopsis describes “jeen-yuhs” as “a landmark documentary event presented in three acts from Clarence ‘Coodie’ Simmons and Chike Ozah…. an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West’s experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist.”
The documentary was directed by Chike Ozah and Clarence “Coodie” Simmons,...
The official synopsis describes “jeen-yuhs” as “a landmark documentary event presented in three acts from Clarence ‘Coodie’ Simmons and Chike Ozah…. an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West’s experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist.”
The documentary was directed by Chike Ozah and Clarence “Coodie” Simmons,...
- 2/4/2022
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
Days before its official release, Netflix has unveiled the full trailer of the Kanye West documentary “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.” But unlike the initial teaser released last month, this new, full look gives a preview of all three parts of West’s epic journey.
“When I first put the camera on this up-and-coming producer back in ’98, I knew he was destined for greatness. The goal would be to see how long his dreams would take him. But I had no idea where life would take us next,” the film’s director and narrator Clarence “Coodie” SImmons” says in the new trailer. “It felt like the bigger Kanye got, the farther we grew apart. But there was more to Kanye’s story I needed to tell.”
The first part of the seven-hour documentary series looked at West’s struggles trying to make it as a rapper in Chicago, and in Todd Gilchrist...
“When I first put the camera on this up-and-coming producer back in ’98, I knew he was destined for greatness. The goal would be to see how long his dreams would take him. But I had no idea where life would take us next,” the film’s director and narrator Clarence “Coodie” SImmons” says in the new trailer. “It felt like the bigger Kanye got, the farther we grew apart. But there was more to Kanye’s story I needed to tell.”
The first part of the seven-hour documentary series looked at West’s struggles trying to make it as a rapper in Chicago, and in Todd Gilchrist...
- 2/4/2022
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Fire of Love For the second year in a row, Sundance went online, canceling what was supposed to be a hybrid event to celebrate its 38th edition as a wholly virtual fare. Once again, the post-premiere debates and sense of community so cardinal to festivals were shunted to tweets, texts, and DMs—even as the fest, IndieWire’s Eric Kohn wrote a few days before kick-off, offered attendees a chance to whip up a digital avatar and socialize with other guests in 3D environments: “a microcosm of the way that the festival community has evolved in recent years.” For all the widespread fears around the pandemic’s impact on the industry, browsing through the usually overwhelming amount of reviews and dispatches one detects a careful optimism. “The decline in theatrical viewing for most movies may have a negative effect on the profitability of independents—and therefore on the ability to release them,...
- 2/1/2022
- MUBI
The first big event movie of 2022 doesn’t feature any superheroes, though Kanye West might disagree. “Jeen-yuhs,” the sprawling three-part documentary chronicling 20 years of the rapper’s life, provides a remarkable window into his early hustle and determination as well as his hubris and mental health issues. Co-director Clarence “Coodie” Simmons, who first interviewed West in 1998, has built an astonishing portrait of his talent in motion and the fragility inherent to his mystique.
The most extraordinary thing about “Jeen-yuhs” is that it’s allowed to exist in the first place. West’s creativity may only be matched by his control over his life’s narrative. Netflix acquired the documentary for a reported $30 million last year and, starting February 16, the streaming platform will release it over the course of three weeks.
In the aftermath of the film’s virtual Sundance premiere, followed by West demanding via Instagram to “open the edit...
The most extraordinary thing about “Jeen-yuhs” is that it’s allowed to exist in the first place. West’s creativity may only be matched by his control over his life’s narrative. Netflix acquired the documentary for a reported $30 million last year and, starting February 16, the streaming platform will release it over the course of three weeks.
In the aftermath of the film’s virtual Sundance premiere, followed by West demanding via Instagram to “open the edit...
- 1/27/2022
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Netflix’s epic Kanye West documentary, “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,” will unfold in three feature-length parts, as the subtitle promises. But however the filmmakers carve up the 277-minute running time, the way they’ve encapsulated West’s story really boils down to a two-act narrative: rags to riches followed by, of course, riches to rumpuses. Is your preferred archetype of Kanye the hungry, deeply focused, self-made scrapper who showed everybody? Or the openly bipolar billionaire whose run for president felt more like a box to check on a list of Ultimate Hubris moments than anything even half-seriously intended? Both Kanyes are on view in “Jeen-yuhs,” with a story that necessarily comes off deeply bifurcated, given that a plot is something West would seem to have lost along the way.
But what a Horatio Alger story it is, that first half or so, as directors Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah — Chicago...
But what a Horatio Alger story it is, that first half or so, as directors Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah — Chicago...
- 1/24/2022
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
When standup comic Clarence “Coodie” Simmons crossed paths with a rising music producer named Kanye West at Jermaine Dupri’s birthday party in 1998, he was so profoundly inspired by the 21-year-old’s talent and sheer force of will that he decided to quit his beloved Chicago public access show “Channel Zero” and follow this fire-breathing local visionary east to New York. Simmons’ plan was to make a documentary about West’s journey from Chicago’s South Side to the North Pole of the rap world — the “Hoop Dreams” of hip-hop — and his subject couldn’t have been happier to oblige. Even then, years before anyone would take him seriously as an Mc, West was convinced that he was destined for greatness; that it would serve history to have a camera on him at all times. “I got ass-per-ations,” is how he would put it at the time.
West’s mythic...
West’s mythic...
- 1/24/2022
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Kanye’s demands for the final cut on Jeen-yuhs makes its Sundance premiere all the more fascinating.
The three-part Netflix documentary directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah is raw, rambling and riveting in equal measure. The press screener – labeled ‘Work In Progress’ – features previously unseen footage from 21 years of the performing artist’s life. It’s far from an exhaustive biography, but it offers an intriguing insight into hip hop, fame, race, grief, mental health and perhaps most of all, friendship.
In Act 1: “Vision”, Coodie’s voiceover veers between interesting and intrusive as he narrates the process of making the documentary through the prism of his relationship with Kanye.
“He knew it would take a lot for him to earn people’s respect as a rapper,” he says, as we watch the young producer touting his wares at record companies. Coodie and Ozah keep the camera rolling during late-night recording sessions,...
The three-part Netflix documentary directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah is raw, rambling and riveting in equal measure. The press screener – labeled ‘Work In Progress’ – features previously unseen footage from 21 years of the performing artist’s life. It’s far from an exhaustive biography, but it offers an intriguing insight into hip hop, fame, race, grief, mental health and perhaps most of all, friendship.
In Act 1: “Vision”, Coodie’s voiceover veers between interesting and intrusive as he narrates the process of making the documentary through the prism of his relationship with Kanye.
“He knew it would take a lot for him to earn people’s respect as a rapper,” he says, as we watch the young producer touting his wares at record companies. Coodie and Ozah keep the camera rolling during late-night recording sessions,...
- 1/24/2022
- by Anna Smith
- Deadline Film + TV
Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah spent 22 years chronicling the life and career of rapper Kanye West. In October 2019, Coodie, a former stand-up comedian turned music video and documentary director, and his longtime creative partner and co-director, Ozah, successfully pitched the project to Time Studios.
Over the last three years they have worked on taking 330 hours of footage and editing it down to three feature-length documentaries, titled “Jeen-Yuhs.” The project, which Netflix acquired last fall, premieres at Sundance Jan. 23.
How did you decide to make three feature-length documentaries as opposed to a one-off doc?
Ozah: It was really all about serving the project. What was best for the project. And so, making three films made sense. Time and Netflix were not about making it fit into a format that didn’t make sense for what we had created.
Simmons: Our first assembly was eight hours long and then we cut all...
Over the last three years they have worked on taking 330 hours of footage and editing it down to three feature-length documentaries, titled “Jeen-Yuhs.” The project, which Netflix acquired last fall, premieres at Sundance Jan. 23.
How did you decide to make three feature-length documentaries as opposed to a one-off doc?
Ozah: It was really all about serving the project. What was best for the project. And so, making three films made sense. Time and Netflix were not about making it fit into a format that didn’t make sense for what we had created.
Simmons: Our first assembly was eight hours long and then we cut all...
- 1/21/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
“I’m going to say this kindly for the last time,” began the 22-Grammy winner Kanye West in an Instagram rant today, “I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix.”
West was referring to the three-part documentary Jeen-Yuhs which is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 6Pm Mtn time.
“Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image. Thank you in advance.”
Jeen-Yuhs is directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah. Producers are Simmons, Chike Ozah and Leah Natasha Thomas and covers West in three acts, taking us behind the iconic music with never-before-seen footage from 21 years of the performing artist’s life. The docu covers West rise from hip hop artist to being a worldwide franchise, with a snapshot of his failed 2020 presidential bid as well as the death of his mother Donda West.
West was referring to the three-part documentary Jeen-Yuhs which is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, Jan. 23 at 6Pm Mtn time.
“Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image. Thank you in advance.”
Jeen-Yuhs is directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah. Producers are Simmons, Chike Ozah and Leah Natasha Thomas and covers West in three acts, taking us behind the iconic music with never-before-seen footage from 21 years of the performing artist’s life. The docu covers West rise from hip hop artist to being a worldwide franchise, with a snapshot of his failed 2020 presidential bid as well as the death of his mother Donda West.
- 1/21/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Kanye West has taken to Instagram to argue for final cut approval over the upcoming Netflix documentary “Jeen-Yuhs.” Directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah and premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, “Jeen-Yuhs” is a three-part documentary filmed over 20 years of West’s career. The behind-the-scenes tell-all shows West as he builds his way from singer to businessman and becomes a global brand. The documentary also takes a look at his failed 2020 presidential bid and the death of his mother, Donda West.
“I’m going to say this kindly for the last time. I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix,” West wrote in a statement on Instagram. “Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image. Thank you in advance.”
Variety has reached out to West’s representatives for further comment.
In an interview with Variety published earlier this week,...
“I’m going to say this kindly for the last time. I must get final edit and approval on this doc before it releases on Netflix,” West wrote in a statement on Instagram. “Open the edit room immediately so I can be in charge of my own image. Thank you in advance.”
Variety has reached out to West’s representatives for further comment.
In an interview with Variety published earlier this week,...
- 1/21/2022
- by Zack Sharf
- Variety Film + TV
In October 2019, Coodie, a former stand-up comedian-turned-music video and documentary director known only by one name, brought an overstuffed duffel bag to his big meeting with Time Studios in New York. Executives sitting in for his movie pitch — a look at the life and career of rapper Kanye West, complete with an intense archive of unseen footage spanning more than two decades — assumed he had come from the gym.
“I dumped the bag out right there on the table,” he says. “When they saw the pile of mini-dv tapes, they greenlit it.” To suggest that Coodie and his longtime creative partner and co-director Chike Ozah were finally getting their shot wouldn’t be quite accurate. Their ride-along on the personal history of one of the most celebrated rappers and polarizing celebrities of our time was always going to find its way to audiences. But, much like a long-delayed album or...
“I dumped the bag out right there on the table,” he says. “When they saw the pile of mini-dv tapes, they greenlit it.” To suggest that Coodie and his longtime creative partner and co-director Chike Ozah were finally getting their shot wouldn’t be quite accurate. Their ride-along on the personal history of one of the most celebrated rappers and polarizing celebrities of our time was always going to find its way to audiences. But, much like a long-delayed album or...
- 1/19/2022
- by Matt Donnelly
- Variety Film + TV
The 35 feature documentaries heading to this year’s Sundance Film Festival address a wide array of issues, including the U.S. maternal-mortality crisis (Paula Eiselt and Tonya Lewis Lee’s “Aftershock”); the battle over control of women’s bodies (Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes’ “The Janes”); corporate greed (Rory Kennedy’s “Downfall: The Case Against Boeing”); and climate change (Rachel Lears’ “To the End”).
But this year’s nonfiction lineup also includes several portrait documentaries: Kanye West (“jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy”), Bill Cosby (“We Need to Talk About Cosby”), Sinéad O’Connor (“Nothing Compares”) and Princess Diana (“The Princess”) are among the many famous and infamous figures being explored.
Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah’s “jeen-yuhs” is arguably the most anticipated doc heading to Park City. The three-parter boasts 21 years of never-before-seen footage from the rapper. Simmons says after meeting West 20-some years ago, he realized that “this dude was...
But this year’s nonfiction lineup also includes several portrait documentaries: Kanye West (“jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy”), Bill Cosby (“We Need to Talk About Cosby”), Sinéad O’Connor (“Nothing Compares”) and Princess Diana (“The Princess”) are among the many famous and infamous figures being explored.
Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah’s “jeen-yuhs” is arguably the most anticipated doc heading to Park City. The three-parter boasts 21 years of never-before-seen footage from the rapper. Simmons says after meeting West 20-some years ago, he realized that “this dude was...
- 1/19/2022
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Throw on your Yeezy hoodie and settle in, because we have a teaser to watch! On Jan. 10, Netflix released a teaser for the Kanye "Ye" West documentary that's been over 20 years in the making: jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy. The documentary event, which premieres Feb. 16 and is from Time Studios and Creative Control and directed by Clarence "Coodie" Simmons and Chike Ozah, will be presented in three acts and is "an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West's experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist," according to the official description. The teaser opens with Kanye in New York in 2002....
- 1/10/2022
- E! Online
The world of Kanye West is so dense—the scandals, the fashion, the girlfriends, the religious services, and even sometimes music—that it was easy not to notice the first clip from jeen-yuhs, or for that matter jeen-yuhs itself. Not another underwhelming single or event we couldn’t get into if we tried, but a 270-minute, 20-year-spanning documentary coming to Netflix in February, and making a stop at (the now-virtual) Sundance later this month. Accordingly we have a first teaser for the project, now known as jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy.
Directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, jeen-yuhs will debut, theatrically, on February 10 with part one (subtitled Vision) before unrolling over three weeks on Netflix starting February 16. The teaser is vague but moving all the same: a single jump from 4:3, early-2000s video footage to crystal-clear HD of the modern day suggests something larger than an encapsulation of any one artist.
Directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, jeen-yuhs will debut, theatrically, on February 10 with part one (subtitled Vision) before unrolling over three weeks on Netflix starting February 16. The teaser is vague but moving all the same: a single jump from 4:3, early-2000s video footage to crystal-clear HD of the modern day suggests something larger than an encapsulation of any one artist.
- 1/10/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Netflix has dropped a new teaser trailer for its forthcoming three-part Kanye West documentary titled “Jeen-yuhs,” which it promises allows fans to “step inside the journey of Kanye West.”
Directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah (a.k.a. Coodie and Chike), “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” is “an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West’s experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist.”
The three-part series launches Feb. 16 on Netflix, but part one will have a world premiere — virtually — at the Sundance Film Festival later this month. On Feb. 10, Iconic Events Releasing and Time Studios will debut “Act 1 (Vision)” in theaters nationwide for a one-day engagement, six days ahead of the premiere. The move echoes West’s public airings of his Grammy-nominated 2021 album “Donda,” for which he held four previews — three of them paid events in stadiums in Atlanta and Chicago.
Directed by Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah (a.k.a. Coodie and Chike), “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” is “an intimate and revealing portrait of Kanye West’s experience, showcasing both his formative days trying to break through and his life today as a global brand and artist.”
The three-part series launches Feb. 16 on Netflix, but part one will have a world premiere — virtually — at the Sundance Film Festival later this month. On Feb. 10, Iconic Events Releasing and Time Studios will debut “Act 1 (Vision)” in theaters nationwide for a one-day engagement, six days ahead of the premiere. The move echoes West’s public airings of his Grammy-nominated 2021 album “Donda,” for which he held four previews — three of them paid events in stadiums in Atlanta and Chicago.
- 1/10/2022
- by Jem Aswad
- Variety Film + TV
The Sundance Film Festival announced Wednesday that, due to the surge of the Omicron variant, the 2022 event will be online-only.
The Park City, Utah festival was scheduled to kick off Jan. 20 with in-person screenings. However, “we do not believe it is safe nor feasible to gather thousands of artists, audiences, employees, volunteers, and partners from around the world, for an eleven-day festival while overwhelmed communities are already struggling to provide essential services,” organizers said in a statement Wednesday.
“We have been looking forward to our first fully hybrid Sundance Film...
The Park City, Utah festival was scheduled to kick off Jan. 20 with in-person screenings. However, “we do not believe it is safe nor feasible to gather thousands of artists, audiences, employees, volunteers, and partners from around the world, for an eleven-day festival while overwhelmed communities are already struggling to provide essential services,” organizers said in a statement Wednesday.
“We have been looking forward to our first fully hybrid Sundance Film...
- 1/5/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Documentaries about Kanye West, Sinead O’Connor and the Middle East’s first female metal band are set to premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival.
The Utah fest announced its programming slate Thursday, with the O’Connor documentary Nothing Compares set to make its debut as part of the World Cinema Documentary Competition. The film, directed by Irish filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson, boasts archive footage — much of it unseen — from the period of O’Connor’s career stretching from 1987 to 1993, as well as new interviews with the singer herself.
“As an Irish woman,...
The Utah fest announced its programming slate Thursday, with the O’Connor documentary Nothing Compares set to make its debut as part of the World Cinema Documentary Competition. The film, directed by Irish filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson, boasts archive footage — much of it unseen — from the period of O’Connor’s career stretching from 1987 to 1993, as well as new interviews with the singer herself.
“As an Irish woman,...
- 12/10/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Agents, studio executives and movie lovers will resume their annual pilgrimage to Park City as the Sundance Film Festival, the preeminent showcase for indie film, returns to in-person premieres this January. The 2021 version unfolded entirely digitally as a concession to Covid-19.
What they will find in the that thin mountain air is the standard collection of films from auteurs and established directors such as Michel Hazanavicius, Ramin Bahrani, and Lena Dunham, as well as blazingly original works from newcomers whose names are currently unknown, but whose career trajectories will be turbocharged by the cachet and attention that comes with a Sundance debut.
But they will also discover important changes to the program and the way that movies are shared with the wider public, the most significant of which is Sundance’s decision to debut the films it selected both in theaters and on its digital platform. The hybrid nature of...
What they will find in the that thin mountain air is the standard collection of films from auteurs and established directors such as Michel Hazanavicius, Ramin Bahrani, and Lena Dunham, as well as blazingly original works from newcomers whose names are currently unknown, but whose career trajectories will be turbocharged by the cachet and attention that comes with a Sundance debut.
But they will also discover important changes to the program and the way that movies are shared with the wider public, the most significant of which is Sundance’s decision to debut the films it selected both in theaters and on its digital platform. The hybrid nature of...
- 12/9/2021
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Time Studios is expanding its library of documentaries and kids and family programming. The television and film production company plans to broaden its scope by hiring new creatives and increasing its overall production spend.
The news comes as Time Studios announces it has surpassed $70 million in revenue since launching in early 2020. Within the last year, it has sold more than 20 projects to Netflix, Amazon, Paramount Plus, as well as HBO, Showtime, Nickelodeon and CNN Films. Some titles include “Big Vape” on Netflix and “John Lewis: Good Trouble” on CNN Films and “Amazing Grace” at Neon.
To support the company’s growth, Time Studios has made several executive hires. Alexandra Johnes and Loren Hammonds have been tapped to lead its documentary division, while Maria Perez-Brown has been appointed to spearhead its new kids and family programming arm, dedicated to young viewers and their families. Additional hires and promotions include Rebecca Teitel as VP of documentary,...
The news comes as Time Studios announces it has surpassed $70 million in revenue since launching in early 2020. Within the last year, it has sold more than 20 projects to Netflix, Amazon, Paramount Plus, as well as HBO, Showtime, Nickelodeon and CNN Films. Some titles include “Big Vape” on Netflix and “John Lewis: Good Trouble” on CNN Films and “Amazing Grace” at Neon.
To support the company’s growth, Time Studios has made several executive hires. Alexandra Johnes and Loren Hammonds have been tapped to lead its documentary division, while Maria Perez-Brown has been appointed to spearhead its new kids and family programming arm, dedicated to young viewers and their families. Additional hires and promotions include Rebecca Teitel as VP of documentary,...
- 11/18/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
New York, Sep 26 (Ians) The first teaser for ‘Jeen-Yuhs’, an intimate portrait of global superstar Kanye West, has been released by Netflix, reports Variety.com. Co-directed by Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, better known as Coodie and Chike, the three-act documentary follows West over a 20-year period. ‘Jeen-Yuhs’ shows behind-the-scenes footage of West as he […]...
- 9/26/2021
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
A documentary series spanning over two decades of footage and home videos of Kanye West’s life and work has landed at Netflix.
Billboard, which first reported the news, cites sources putting the price tag at Netflix at $30 million, though a person familiar with the matter tells Variety that that is not an accurate figure. The series is said to include never-before-seen footage of West, and will cover his career in music and fashion, his failed 2020 presidential bid, and the death of his mother, Donda West.
The multi-part docuseries, which does not yet have a title, hails from music video producing duo Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, better known as Coodie & Chike, who directed and produced West’s 2004 music video “Jesus Walks (Version 3)” and “Through the Wire.” The pair have also produced and directed the 2012 ESPN “30 for 30” documentary “Benji,” about Benjamin Wilson; music videos for Lupe Fiasco, Erykah Badu...
Billboard, which first reported the news, cites sources putting the price tag at Netflix at $30 million, though a person familiar with the matter tells Variety that that is not an accurate figure. The series is said to include never-before-seen footage of West, and will cover his career in music and fashion, his failed 2020 presidential bid, and the death of his mother, Donda West.
The multi-part docuseries, which does not yet have a title, hails from music video producing duo Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, better known as Coodie & Chike, who directed and produced West’s 2004 music video “Jesus Walks (Version 3)” and “Through the Wire.” The pair have also produced and directed the 2012 ESPN “30 for 30” documentary “Benji,” about Benjamin Wilson; music videos for Lupe Fiasco, Erykah Badu...
- 4/7/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Kanye West is getting his own documentary series about his life and career, and Netflix has acquired the multipart project that’s expected to debut later this year, an individual with knowledge of the project and the sale told TheWrap.
Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, better known as music video duo Coodie & Chike, are directing the still untitled project that’s been put together from never-before-seen home movie footage spread out over 20 years about the rapper. And Billboard is additionally reporting via a source that the deal for the docuseries is for upwards of $30 million. However, an individual with knowledge of the deal described that number as inaccurate.
Coodie & Chike’s production company Creative Control is producing alongside Time Studios. The two music video directors have worked with West on several music videos, including the third iteration of “Jesus Walks.”
Time had no comment on the price reported by Billboard.
Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah, better known as music video duo Coodie & Chike, are directing the still untitled project that’s been put together from never-before-seen home movie footage spread out over 20 years about the rapper. And Billboard is additionally reporting via a source that the deal for the docuseries is for upwards of $30 million. However, an individual with knowledge of the deal described that number as inaccurate.
Coodie & Chike’s production company Creative Control is producing alongside Time Studios. The two music video directors have worked with West on several music videos, including the third iteration of “Jesus Walks.”
Time had no comment on the price reported by Billboard.
- 4/6/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Despite a handful of films postponing their release dates as a precautionary measure in the wake of the coronavirus, the specialty box office is persevering and hoping that arthouse audience will come through. Last week, A24’s First Cow delivered a career-high opening for Kelly Reichardt — but that was before the coronavirus turned into a pandemic. With events being canceled, the rise of concern and social-distancing becoming a common practice, we’ll have to see how this will impact the limited release titles, which is a very different creature than wide-release titles.
Leading the pack this week is the Focus Features title Never Rarely Sometimes Always directed by Eliza Hittman and starring Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold and Sharon Van Etten. The story follows two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy and a lack of support, Autumn (Flanigan) and her cousin Skylar (Ryder...
Leading the pack this week is the Focus Features title Never Rarely Sometimes Always directed by Eliza Hittman and starring Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin, Ryan Eggold and Sharon Van Etten. The story follows two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. Faced with an unplanned pregnancy and a lack of support, Autumn (Flanigan) and her cousin Skylar (Ryder...
- 3/13/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Contending with having the weight of the world on their shoulders is rarely an easy process for anyone, no matter what circumstances they find themselves in. That’s certainly the case for former American basketball player, Stephon Marbury, who was drafted into the NBA out of Georgia Tech in 1996, at the young age of 19. […]
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- 1/27/2020
- by Karen Benardello
- ShockYa
The life of two-time NBA All-Star Stephon Marbury is the subject of a powerful new documentary, and People has an exclusive first look.
In the trailer for A Kid from Coney Island, Marbury recounts, “I went from making $20 million dollars a year to zero.”
Marbury, now 42, grew up in the housing projects of Coney Island, New York, and watched as his three college basketball-playing brothers fail to make the pros. Eventually, he made his way to the NBA, playing for 12 seasons from 1996 to 2009 for teams including the New York Knicks and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
In 2010, Marbury moved to China to...
In the trailer for A Kid from Coney Island, Marbury recounts, “I went from making $20 million dollars a year to zero.”
Marbury, now 42, grew up in the housing projects of Coney Island, New York, and watched as his three college basketball-playing brothers fail to make the pros. Eventually, he made his way to the NBA, playing for 12 seasons from 1996 to 2009 for teams including the New York Knicks and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
In 2010, Marbury moved to China to...
- 1/22/2020
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
In today’s film news roundup, “The King’s Man” and “A Kid From Coney Island” get release dates, and “Barry” star Anthony Carrigan joins “Bill & Ted Face the Music.”
Release Date
Disney has set its Fox spy comedy prequel “The King’s Man” for release on Feb. 14, 2020.
Disney made the announcement Wednesday at its CineEurope presentation in Barcelona. Matthew Vaughn is directing again with a new cast including Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode and Harris Dickson.
The two previous films in the franchise — 2014’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and 2017’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” — were directed by Vaughn and grossed more than $800 million worldwide. Fox handled distribution.
Here’s Disney’s synopsis: “As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent...
Release Date
Disney has set its Fox spy comedy prequel “The King’s Man” for release on Feb. 14, 2020.
Disney made the announcement Wednesday at its CineEurope presentation in Barcelona. Matthew Vaughn is directing again with a new cast including Ralph Fiennes, Matthew Goode and Harris Dickson.
The two previous films in the franchise — 2014’s “Kingsman: The Secret Service” and 2017’s “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” — were directed by Vaughn and grossed more than $800 million worldwide. Fox handled distribution.
Here’s Disney’s synopsis: “As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them. Discover the origins of the very first independent...
- 6/20/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Constant Beta Motion Picture Company, Creative Control and Abramorama are collaborating for the North American distribution of The First to Do It, a documentary about Earl Lloyd, the first African-American to play in the NBA. Abramorama plans a wide theatrical release for the film in February.
Directed by Coodie and Chike, First to Do It was produced by Arka Sengupta and in association with the National Basketball Players Association, and was executive produced by Michael Finley, Tony Parker, Carmelo Anthony, Kawhi Leonard, Pj Tucker, Harry I. Martin, Amit Sharma, Jason Cole, David T. Friendly, Jack Lechner, Michele Roberts and Chrysa Chin. Anthony, Leonard and Chris Paul,...
Directed by Coodie and Chike, First to Do It was produced by Arka Sengupta and in association with the National Basketball Players Association, and was executive produced by Michael Finley, Tony Parker, Carmelo Anthony, Kawhi Leonard, Pj Tucker, Harry I. Martin, Amit Sharma, Jason Cole, David T. Friendly, Jack Lechner, Michele Roberts and Chrysa Chin. Anthony, Leonard and Chris Paul,...
- 10/5/2017
- by Ashley Lee
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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