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Kanye West Documentary In Whose Name? Debuts Teaser and Confirms September Theatrical Run

Raw footage of Ye off medication paired with Kim Kardashian’s tearful confession sets the stage for its theatrical debut on 1,000 screens

Overview

  • Director Nico Ballesteros distilled over 3,000 hours of private footage shot across six years into an observational film that offers no commentary.
  • The teaser opens with Ye declaring he’s been off bipolar medication for five months, followed by Kim Kardashian tearfully warning that his personality has changed.
  • Scenes of Ye with his children and Sunday Service gatherings are intercut with archival clips from his 2020 presidential campaign and Paris fashion shows.
  • The documentary places Ye’s antisemitic statements and the ensuing loss of partnerships with Adidas, Balenciaga and CAA within the broader arc of his personal life.
  • AMSI Entertainment confirmed a September 19 release on about 1,000 U.S. screens via AMC, Regal and Cinemark with no streaming distribution announced