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- 2021
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- 2021
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- Showtime Documentary Films
- 1 h 51 m
Summary A profile of legendary funk/R&B icon Rick James capturing the peaks and valleys of his storied career to reveal a complicated and rebellious soul, driven to share his talent with the world.
Directed By: Sacha Jenkins
Written By: Jason Pollard, Steve Rivo, Sacha Jenkins
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Showtime Documentary Films
- 1 h 51 m
- 2021
- TV-MA
- Showtime Documentary Films
- 1 h 51 m
Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James
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Summary A profile of legendary funk/R&B icon Rick James capturing the peaks and valleys of his storied career to reveal a complicated and rebellious soul, driven to share his talent with the world.
Directed By: Sacha Jenkins
Written By: Jason Pollard, Steve Rivo, Sacha Jenkins
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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Sacha Jenkins' doc is a warts-and-all examination of the funk-punk superstar, refusing to editorialize his sins and successes."
With his Maasai-influenced braids or canopy of Jheri curls and his use of sex and misogyny to sell himself, James is a kind of dinosaur. But he’s also one whom Mr. Jenkins—one of our better cultural critics who happen to make films—pursues to enlightening effect.
The movie wants the viewer to believe that James didn’t have it easy — and he didn’t. But it can’t skate over the aberrant actions that led to his imprisonment. “Bitchin’” is fascinating and troubling viewing.
Drawing on the memories of family members, friends, and collaborators, and tapping into a trove of archival material, including tapes of James’s raucous, raunchy live shows, Jenkins keeps pace with his subject’s breakneck progress. Along the way James encounters opportunities that are missed or exploited and tragedies that are averted or courted. He transforms hard times into artistic success, and squanders success in debauchery.
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Production Company
Mass Appeal
Release Date Sep 3, 2021
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating TV-MA
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Awards
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Nomination
Hollywood Critics Association Television Awards
• 1 Nomination
