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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.

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>https://www.spin.com/2019/01/wu-tang-docuseries-showtime-of-mics-and-men/
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>NEWS \
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>Wu-Tang Docuseries Of Mics and MenComing to Showtime
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>Will Gottsegen // January 18, 2019
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>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.
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>“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.”
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>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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