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Line 4: \| image = Jeen-Yuhs.jpg \| alt = \| caption = ~~Release~~Official release poster \| director = [[Coodie & Chike\|Coodie Simmons<br>Chike Ozah]] \| producer = {{Plainlist\| * ~~Clarence~~Coodie Simmons▼ * [[Kanye West]]▼ ▲* Clarence Simmons * Chike Ozah * Leah Natasha Thomas * Marjorie Clarke }} \| writer = {{Plainlist\|▼ * [[J. Ivy]] * Coodie Simmons }} ▲\| starring = [[Kanye West]] \| narrator = Coodie Simmons▼ \| music = [[Live Footage (band)\|Live Footage]]<br>CTZN CHANCE<ref>{{cite web \|title=Trailer Debut: 'jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,' Premiering on Netflix Feb. 16th \|url=https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2022/02/trailer-debut-jeen-yuhs-a-kanye-trilogy-premiering-on-netflix-feb-16th/ \|website=blackfilm.com \|access-date=18 February 2022 \|date=8 February 2022 \|archive-date=18 February 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218175503/https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2022/02/trailer-debut-jeen-yuhs-a-kanye-trilogy-premiering-on-netflix-feb-16th/ \|url-status=dead }}</ref>▼ \| cinematography = {{Plainlist\|▼ Coodie Simmons * Danny "DNA" Sorge }} \| editing = {{Plainlist\|▼ * Max Allman * J.M. Harper }} ▲\| writer = ~~\| starring = Kanye West~~ ▲\| narrator = ▲\| music = [[Live Footage (band)\|Live Footage]]<br>CTZN CHANCE<ref>{{cite web \|title=Trailer Debut: 'jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,' Premiering on Netflix Feb. 16th \|url=https://www.blackfilm.com/read/2022/02/trailer-debut-jeen-yuhs-a-kanye-trilogy-premiering-on-netflix-feb-16th/ \|website=blackfilm.com \|access-date=18 February 2022 \|date=8 February 2022}}</ref> ▲\| cinematography = ▲\| editing = \| studio = {{Plainlist\| * Creative Control Line 31 ⟶ 40: \| gross = }} '''''jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy''''' (or '''''jeen-yuhs''''') is a 2022 American [[documentary film]] directed by [[Coodie & Chike]] about the life of American rapper, record producer, and fashion designer [[Kanye West]] and, to a lesser extent, Coodie Simmons.<ref name="variety-09-21">{{cite web \|last1=Tangcay \|first1=Jazz \|title=Kanye West Documentary 'Jeen-Yuhs' Is Coming to Netflix: Watch the First Teaser \|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/kanye-west-documentary-jeenyuhs-teaser-netflix-1235073881 \|website=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]] \|access-date=September 25, 2021 \|date=September 25, 2021}}</ref> ▼ ==Accolades== ▲'''''jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy''''' (or '''''jeen-yuhs''''') is a 2022 American [[documentary film]] directed by [[Coodie & Chike]] about the life of rapper, record producer, and fashion designer [[Kanye West]].<ref name="variety-09-21">{{cite web \|last1=Tangcay \|first1=Jazz \|title=Kanye West Documentary 'Jeen-Yuhs' Is Coming to Netflix: Watch the First Teaser \|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/kanye-west-documentary-jeenyuhs-teaser-netflix-1235073881 \|website=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]] \|access-date=September 25, 2021 \|date=September 25, 2021}}</ref> It received a nomination for Best Music Documentary at the [[2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Here Are Your 2022 MTV Movie & TV Award Nominations \|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/3186494/movie-tv-awards-nominations-2022/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511161034/http://www.mtv.com/news/3186494/movie-tv-awards-nominations-2022/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=May 11, 2022 \|website=MTV \|date=11 May 2022}}</ref> and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series\|Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series]] at the [[74th Primetime Emmy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web \|title=Emmys 2022: Complete Nominations List \|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/awards/emmys-nominations-list-2022-1235313788/ \|website=Variety \|date=12 July 2022}}</ref> ==Production== On May 6, 2021, it was announced that [[Netflix]] had acquired a documentary about [[Kanye West]] with unreleased archival footage from the ~~past~~prior two decades, including his career in music and fashion;, the death of his mother, [[Donda West]];, and his unsuccessful [[Kanye West 2020 presidential campaign\|2020 presidential campaign]].<ref name="variety">{{cite web \|last1=Low \|first1=Elaine \|title=Kanye West Documentary Lands at Netflix \|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/kanye-west-documentary-netflix-1234945384 \|website=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]] \|access-date=May 7, 2021 \|date=May 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Snapes \|first1=Laura \|title=Kanye West: Netflix buys documentary 21 years in the making \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/07/kanye-west-netflix-documentary-kim-kardashian \|website=[[The Guardian]] \|access-date=May 7, 2021 \|language=en \|date=May 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=Blanchet \|first1=Brenton \|title=Kanye West Documentary Reportedly Sold to Netflix for $30 Million \|url=https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/kanye-west-documentary-reportedly-sold-netflix-30-million \|website=[[Complex Networks\|Complex]] \|access-date=May 7, 2021 \|language=en \|date=May 6, 2021}}</ref> ''[[~~Billboard~~Variety (magazine)\|~~Billboard~~Variety]]'' reported Netflix acquired the documentary for around US$30 million.<ref name="variety"/> On September 25, 2021, Netflix revealed that the documentary would be titled ''Jeen-Yuhs'' and ~~release~~released in 2022.<ref name="rollingstone"/><ref>{{cite web \|last1=White \|first1=Peter \|title=Kanye West Doc 'Jeen-Yuhs' Unveils First Clip – Netflix Tudum \|url=https://deadline.com/video/kanye-west-doc-jeen-yuhs-unveils-first-clip-netflix-tudum \|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] \|access-date=September 25, 2021 \|date=September 25, 2021}}</ref><ref name="variety-09-21"/> ==Episodes== {{Episode table \|background=#000000 \|overall= \|title= \|director= \|writer= \|airdate= \|episodes= {{Episode list \| EpisodeNumber = 1 \| Title = Act I: Vision \| DirectedBy = [[Coodie & Chike\|Coodie Simmons & Chike Ozah]] \| WrittenBy = [[J. Ivy]] \| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2022\|2\|16}} \| ShortSummary = After dazzling hip-hop players in Chicago, brilliant yet hungry producer Kanye West moves to NYC but struggles to get signed and claim the mic as an MC. \| LineColor = 000000 }} {{Episode list \| EpisodeNumber = 2 \| Title = Act II: Purpose \| DirectedBy = Coodie Simmons & Chike Ozah \| WrittenBy = J. Ivy \| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2022\|2\|23}} \| ShortSummary = Kanye hustles to establish his voice at the label. When a car crash and broken jaw threaten it all, the unstoppable artist turns pain into platinum. \| LineColor = 000000 }} {{Episode list \| EpisodeNumber = 3 \| Title = Act: III: Awakening \| DirectedBy = Coodie Simmons & Chike Ozah \| WrittenBy = J. Ivy \| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date\|2022\|3\|2}} \| ShortSummary = After multiple "College Dropout" Grammy wins, the documentary looks complete. But life, death and fame get in the way till two paths cross once more. \| LineColor = 000000 }} }} ==Release== Divided into three acts, its first episode, "VISION", premiered at the [[2022 Sundance Film Festival]] on January 23, 2022.<ref>[https://www.sundance.org/blogs/festival-blog/jeen-yuhs-premiere/ The Start of "jeen-yuhs: A Kayne Trilogy" Puts Your Faith in Ye - 2022 Sundance Film Festival]</ref> It also had a limited theatrical release for one night only on February 10, 2022, the eighteenth anniversary of West's debut album ''[[The College Dropout]]'' (2004).<ref>{{Cite web\|last1=D'Alessandro\|first1=Anthony\|last2=Patten\|first2=Dominic\|date=2021-12-09\|title=Sundance 2022: Hybrid Festival Sees Princess Diana, Michael Kenneth Williams, Dakota Johnson, Bill Cosby, NYC Rock'n'Roll & Regina Hall Fill Lineup\|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/sundance-film-festival-2022-lineup-films-competition-midnight-spotlight-kids-next-full-list-1234886826/~~\|url-status=live~~\|access-date=2021-12-09\|website=Deadline\|language=en-US}}</ref> "VISION" premiered on [[Netflix]] on February 16, 2022, and the following episodes, "PURPOSE" and "AWAKENING", released in weekly intervals, on February 23 and March 2, 2022, respectively.<ref name="rollingstone">{{Cite magazine \|last=Kreps \|first=Daniel \|date=2021-09-25 \|title=Kanye West Documentary 'Jeen-Yuhs' Heading to Netflix in 2022 \|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-documentary-jeen-yuhs-netflix-2022-1232354/ \|access-date=2021-11-09 \|magazine=Rolling Stone \|language=en-US}}</ref> ==Critical reception== ''Jeen-Yuhs'' was met with positive reception from critics. It holds a positive 82% critic score on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 60 critics, and a "generally favorable" [[Weighted arithmetic mean\|weighted mean]] score of 71 on [[Metacritic]] based on 24 critic reviews. The attention from the documentary caused West's [[The College Dropout\|debut album]] to re-chart on the [[Billboard 200\|''Billboard'' 200]], reaching as far up as #11.<ref>{{Cite magazine \|date=2022-03-12 \|title=Billboard 200 - Billboard \|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/2022-03-12/ \|access-date=2023-12-11 \|magazine=Billboard}}</ref> ==References== Line 47 ⟶ 92: ==External links== * {{Official website\|https://jeen-yuhs.com}} * {{Netflix title~~\|81426972~~}} * {{IMDb title\|14599438}} {{Kanye West}} [[Category:English-language films]]▼ [[Category:Netflix original documentary films]] [[Category:Kanye West]] [[Category:Documentary films about hip hop music and musicians]] ▲[[Category:2020s English-language films]]