{"id":231829,"date":"2025-12-14T03:08:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/231829\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T03:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:08:09","slug":"kanye-west-doc-in-whose-name-to-make-streaming-debut-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/231829\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West Doc \u2018In Whose Name?\u2019 To Make Streaming Debut Tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: <\/strong>In Whose Name?<\/a> \u2014 Nico Ballesteros<\/a>\u2018 lauded documentary chronicling Kanye West<\/a>\u2018s (now legally known as Ye) mental health struggles, bigoted proclamations and dissolution of his high-profile marriage to Kim Kardashian \u2014 will be made available to stream globally on VOD platforms (Apple, Amazon, Google\/YouTube and Fandango) at midnight.<\/p>\n

\n\tCrafted from 3,000 hours of unrestricted access to the embattled rapper over a six-year period beginning when Ballesteros was an 18-year-old Orange County native, the doc traces the eccentric artist\u2019s bipolar diagnosis amid the rise of his billion-dollar fashion empire, fallout of a collapsing marriage and heightened media scrutiny stemming from public backlash and disappearing brand deals. Throughout the 104-minute runtime, Ballesteros follows Ye from his Chicagoan hometown to the White House, from meetings with Elon Musk to Kenny G.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cSet against the backdrop\u00a0of fame, faith, mental health,\u00a0and power, the\u00a0film offers unprecedented access to\u00a0Ye\u2019s\u00a0private world; stripped of spectacle, steeped in contradiction,\u201d reads a portion of the film\u2019s synopsis.\u00a0\u201cIt is a coming-of-age story for both artist and filmmaker.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cAt just 18, I was barely out of high school when my life changed overnight,\u201d Ballesteros recalled in a statement. \u201cI went from a middle-class upbringing to flying on private jets, shadowing one of the most famous people alive. I had studied documentary filmmaking but didn\u2019t yet have a subject. Ye became that subject. His world gave me both purpose and a space to develop my craft.\u00a0In Whose Name\u00a0is the culmination of that journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe film, released theatrically on approximately 1,000 screens Sept. 19<\/a>, held the No. 1 documentary spot for two weeks, opening to critical and audience acclaim. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI am humbled at the reception this movie has gotten from audiences, critics and my peers in the filmmaking community,\u201d Ballesteros continued. \u201cBy extending its reach beyond the theater, the film brings its\u00a0exploration of American belief, power, and identity to a global audience, offering a deeper understanding of America\u2019s contradictions while illuminating the life and legacy of one of the most iconic entertainers of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn Whose Name? is directed, produced and edited by Ballesteros, who also served as the AMSI Entertainment<\/a> feature\u2019s cinematographer. Additional credits include Simran A. Singh as producer, Jack M. Russell and Justin Staple as editors, Nick\u00a0Jarjour\u00a0and Amy A. Singh\u00a0as EPs, as well as Shy\u00a0Ranje\u00a0and Russell as co-producers, and Staple as co-EP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: In Whose Name? \u2014 Nico Ballesteros\u2018 lauded documentary chronicling Kanye West\u2018s (now legally known as Ye) mental…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263],"tags":[123689,18,117,19,22499,17,12553,327,40005],"class_list":{"0":"post-231829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-amsi-entertainment","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-ie","12":"tag-in-whose-name","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-kanye-west","15":"tag-movies","16":"tag-nico-ballesteros"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115715722689604660","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}