An explosive new documentary is set to shed more light on the troubled life of Kanye West.
Shot by filmmaker Nico Ballesteros, 'In Whose Name?' captures private moments over six years of apparent worsening mental health struggles and his collapsing marriage to TV star Kim Kardashian.
The film, chronicling West's inner world, will be released in approximately 1,000 cinemas on 19 September. Ballesteros started the project when he was "thrust into the eye of the storm that is Ye" at just 18 years old.
A teaser released on Wednesday shows West declaring, "I'm off my meds for five months now," prompting an anguished Kardashian to respond in a breaking voice, "Your personality was not like this a few years ago!"
It gets more dramatic from there, with West, AKA Ye, vowing, "I would rather be dead than be on medication. Either they destroy me or I destroy it. I'm almost like a masochist. I write whatever I want when I want! It's words!"
An official synopsis of the film notes: "What began as silent observation evolved into a profound journey of artistic and personal growth. Immersed in Ye's world of extremes, Ballesteros bore witness to brilliance and breakdowns, triumphs and turmoil, but also observed the paranoia and intensity that increasingly shaped Ye's world.
"In the end, Ballesteros captured not just a portrait of Ye, but a reflection of the human condition in all its contradictions. The camera never blinks as Ye speaks candidly about living with bipolar disorder, offering rare insight into the realities of mental illness and its impact on identity, perception, and power."
