BITCHIN’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James

Chronicling one of rock, funk, and R&B’s most legendary and controversial figures is SHOWTIME’s BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES. Directed by Emmy®-nominee Sacha Jenkins (WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN), the documentary is a raw and intimate look at the “Super Freak” singer, charting his soaring artistic success and eventual personal decline. Blazing new trails in American music and global culture in the ’70s and ’80s as a songwriter, performer, and producer, James collaborated with Canadian luminaries such as Joni Mitchell and Neil Young, who he would later collaborate with on the R&B band The Mynah Birds. Featuring rare footage of James’ incredible live shows, never-before-seen home videos, original interviews with legendary artists, collaborators and friends, and a treasure trove of recorded interviews with James (who died in 2004), the documentary presents a full picture of James’ dramatic rise and fall, focusing in on the “Punk-Funk” music he left behind.