Jeen-Yuhs

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
General information
Director	Coodie Simmons Chike Ozah
Producer	Coodie Simmons Chike Ozah Leah Natasha Thomas Marjore Clarke
Release date	January 23, 2022 (Sundance) February 16, 2022 (Netflix)

Jeen-Yuhs (stylized as jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy) is a documentary film directed by Coodie & Chike about the life of rapper, record producer, businessman, and fashion designer Kanye West and the development of his debut studio album, The College Dropout (2004).

Production

In early 2021, it was reported that Netflix had acquired a documentary about Kanye West with unseen archival footage from the past 21 years, including his career in music and fashion; the death of his mother, Donda West; and his unsuccessful 2020 presidential campaign. Variety reported that Netflix acquired the documentary for around US $30 million.

The documentary's announcement came on September 25, 2021, when Netflix revealed that the documentary would be titled Jeen-Yuhs and release in 2022, with a "First Look" video released that starred Mos Def and Ye himself, back when Ye was known as "K. West."

On January 10, 2022, Netflix shared a video that described the documentary as a "three week event," still scheduled to begin on February 16. Just eleven days later, Ye posted on Instagram his demands to have a final say on the documentary. Later the same day, the directors refused his request. Netflix went ahead to post the film's official trailer on YouTube on February 4.

Ye made another request on February 7 for Drake to narrate the documentary.

Episodes

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1. Act I: Vision
2. Act II: Purpose
3. Act: III: Awakening

Release

The first act premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2022, at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. The first act had a limited theatrical release for one night only on February 10, 2022, the eighteenth anniversary of Ye's debut studio album, The College Dropout (2004). The three acts, "VISION", "PURPOSE" and "AWAKENING" premiered on Netflix on February 16, February 23 and March 2, 2022, respectively. The original soundtrack for the film was released to streaming on September 30, 2022.