Ye’s documentary series will continue to stream on Netflix. Monday it was announced that MRC canceled a Kanye West documentary that was already filmed amid highly controversial comments from the mogul in recent weeks. A statement released by the producers noted that “cannot support content that enhances its platform.”
“The silence of leaders and corporations when it comes to Kanye or anti-Semitism in general is mind-boggling but not surprising. What is new and sad is the fear Jews have to speak out in their own defense,” the statement reads in part. .
It has also been reported that Kanye West was dropped by his talent agency CAA and fashion house Balenciaga. All of this could lead to mounting pressure on Netflix to go ahead and make it to the docuseries Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, which appeared on the streaming platform in three parts earlier this year and was nominated for an Emmy. However, Netflix has confirmed (via TMZ) that they won’t be removing the series at this time.
According to the outlet, Netflix’s stance is that streaming Jeen-Yuhs doesn’t mean they support West, as he was only the subject of the docuseries, not involved in its creation or marketing. Netflix representatives have also reportedly pointed out that there is no anti-Semitic material in the series. The streamer is also said to be removing previously unreleased content featuring people that have become more problematic since then. Netflix has been known to cancel upcoming projects due to controversy, so maybe things would have been different if Jeen-Yuhs had not yet been released. In any case, it’s not going anywhere.
Kanye had caused trouble with Jeen-Yuhs filmmaker filmmakers
Even those who have made Jeen-Yuhs have had their own issues with Kanye West. Filmmakers Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah previously recalled how West had taken to Instagram to publicly demand that they “open the editing room” to give the rapper “final editing and approval” for the docuseries. The post has since been removed, though Simmons also shared the story of how he also had to physically tell West to step back during production as he just got too involved in the behind-the-scenes process.
“When it came to making it, I had to let him know to make this movie authentic, he had to step back,” Simmons said. THR in January. “I had to take control of this story that God created — we didn’t create this. And he said he trusted me to do it right.”
Simmons addressed the claim that they exploited West’s mental health issues, adding, “I always thought he was just running off. I didn’t think it had anything to do with mental health. And in our community, we don’t pay attention. to mental health, so we didn’t understand. To lose his mother, Donda West, in public like he did, you just don’t know what that would do to a person. We can’t get around anything that is alive. Things happen, and we were filming it. We have to be authentic to what happened.”
you can find Jeen-Yuhs streaming on Netflix.