"With a billion-dollar budget and a commitment to truth, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, invites 18-year-old Nicolas Ballesteros armed with an iPhone on a six-year journey revealing unfiltered aspects of celebrity life which confront the provocative opinions, grand visions and bold contrarianism that defined him as the world's most controversial artist. The film follows Ye's ascent to becoming the richest Black man in American history while uncovering why the superstar risked everything he had built in the name of freedom. Examining the culture that birthed the star, 'In Whose Name?' explores the overlapping influences of corporate exploitation, racial complexities and psychological struggles inherent in the American dream."

Currently in post-production, “In Whose Name?” was produced by Ballesteros with co-producers Jack M. Russel and Shy Ranje. Justin Staple is co-executive producer and David Bullock serves as associate producer.

“We’re thrilled to present ‘In Whose Name?’ at AFM,” said Marie Zeniter, vice president of sales at Utopia and Eva Diederix, head of sales at Goodfellas. “This powerful documentary offers an unfiltered view without narration, it invites audiences to draw their own conclusions on themes of fame, religion and power. We believe audiences globally deserve the chance to witness how one of the world’s most influential figures navigates the complexities and contradictions of celebrity.”

variety.com/2024/film/global/kanye-west-doc-in-whose-name-afm-1236197279

First SMD

First page

Better release globally and not just America and 10 European ones

First page skimmed OP

“With a billion-dollar budget and a commitment to truth, Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, invites 18-year-old Nicolas Ballesteros armed with an iPhone on a six-year journey”

Damn iphones are getting expensive as f***

pirst f**e

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Is THIS the Ye doc we deserve?

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if Kanye likes a documentary about the last 6 years it’s worthless

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First page for sale

we need this ASAP

finally

I want a doc that’s essentially like this:

In.

Billion dollar budget probably comes from the fact that Kanye flew him everywhere, plus, was doing expensive shut on his own back then

It is, without the fisheye

There will probably be more editing and narration tho. But the footage here im pretty sure was originally for this film, and very similar to footage we’ve seen for the film

The fisheye was a fantastic idea

“ . “This powerful documentary offers an unfiltered view without narration”

Wouldn’t work for a 3+ hour project

Oh wow

Yeah it’s gonna just be clips thrown together

6 hours of footage from this leaked a couple years ago and it’s exactly what you would want from a Kanye documentary in this era