{"id":12074,"date":"2019-01-21T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T13:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2019-01-21T08:30:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T13:30:02","slug":"showtime-picks-up-sacha-jenkins-wu-tang-clan-docuseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-picks-up-sacha-jenkins-wu-tang-clan-docuseries\/","title":{"rendered":"Showtime Picks Up Sacha Jenkins&#8217; Wu-Tang Clan Docuseries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Showtime Documentary Films has acquired the North American rights to the docuseries\u00a0<em>Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>From filmmaker Sacha Jenkins (<em>Burn Motherf*cker, Burn!<\/em>), the four-part limited docuseries dives into the group\u2019s history, marking its 25th anniversary and merging the music with socio-cultural commentary and a family portrait. It will feature interviews with the nine surviving members of Wu-Tang Clan\u2014RZA, GZA, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon, U-God, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Masta Killa and Cappadonna\u2014and never-before-seen archival footage and performances that include fellow founding member, the late Ol&#8217; Dirty Bastard.<\/p>\n<p><em>Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men<\/em> is a Mass Appeal production in association with Endeavor Content. Peter J. Scalettar, Peter Bittenbender and Chris Gary serve as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>The first two episodes of the series will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on Monday, January 28. It will make its debut on Showtime in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Wu-Tang Clan is a seminal group that deserves a seminal documentary,\u201d said Vinnie Malhotra, executive VP of nonfiction programming at Showtime Networks. \u201cSacha Jenkins delivers just that, not only reminding us of their powerful history through vintage footage but also placing their impact in modern-day perspective that will be meaningful both to their diehard fans and music fans in general. I\u2019m excited to be returning to Sundance with Sacha years after his directorial debut with what I believe to be his best work yet.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Showtime Documentary Films has acquired the North American rights to the docuseries\u00a0Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":12075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[3359,3343,3360],"class_list":["post-12074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-sacha-jenkins","tag-showtime-documentary-films","tag-wu-tang-clan-of-mics-and-men","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Showtime Picks Up Sacha Jenkins&#039; Wu-Tang Clan Docuseries - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-picks-up-sacha-jenkins-wu-tang-clan-docuseries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Showtime Picks Up Sacha Jenkins&#039; Wu-Tang Clan Docuseries - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Showtime Documentary Films has acquired the North American rights to the docuseries\u00a0Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-picks-up-sacha-jenkins-wu-tang-clan-docuseries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-01-21T13:00:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-01-21T13:30:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/07\/wu-tang-clan-doc-showtime-0119.gif\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"494\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-picks-up-sacha-jenkins-wu-tang-clan-docuseries\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-picks-up-sacha-jenkins-wu-tang-clan-docuseries\/\",\"name\":\"Showtime Picks Up Sacha Jenkins' Wu-Tang Clan Docuseries - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2019-01-21T13:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-01-21T13:30:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-picks-up-sacha-jenkins-wu-tang-clan-docuseries\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-picks-up-sacha-jenkins-wu-tang-clan-docuseries\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/showtime-picks-up-sacha-jenkins-wu-tang-clan-docuseries\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Showtime Picks Up Sacha Jenkins&#8217; Wu-Tang Clan Docuseries\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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