13308077, RE: Wu-Tang Docuseries Of Mics and MenComing to Showtime - Spin.com Posted by Mgmt, Sat Jan-19-19 09:52 PM
Wow. I’d never think I’d see the day. Just wow.
“Hey, Sometimes I look at the stars and analyze the sky and ask myself was I meant to be here................................................and why”
>https://www.spin.com/2019/01/wu-tang-docuseries-showtime-of-mics-and-men/ > >NEWS \ > >Wu-Tang Docuseries Of Mics and MenComing to Showtime > >Will Gottsegen // January 18, 2019 > > > >A four-part docuseries on the Wu-Tang Clan, directed by Mass >Appeal’s Sacha Jenkins, is coming to Showtime later this >spring. Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Menfeatures interviews with >the group’s nine remaining members, along with newly >unearthed archival footage. Jenkins, who previously directed >Fresh Dressed, Word Is Bond, and Burn Motherfucker, Burn!, >will premiere the first two episodes of the new series at the >Sundance Film Festival on January 28. > >“The series follows the founding members–RZA, GZA, Ol’ >Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, U-God, Ghostface, >Method Man, Masta Killa and Cappadonna–many of whom were >childhood friends in the hardscrabble world of ’70s and >’80s Staten Island and Brooklyn,” said Showtime of the >project. “Their ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit brought >them together to overcome the poverty, violence and oppression >of their neighborhoods. But it was music and their shared >lyrical genius that allowed them to form the most recognized >musical movement in the world, all while walking the >treacherous tightrope that links business with >brotherhood.” > >The news of Showtime’s acquisition of the docuseries follows >Hulu’s announcement of the 10-episode scripted project, >Wu-Tang: An American Saga. This past November, the Wu-Tang >Clan released a new documentary titled For the Children: 25 >Years of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). The Wu-Tang Clan >will be kicking off a U.K. tour with Public Enemy and De La >Soul this May. >
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