EPISODE
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men - Season 1
This series shows the real story of the Wu-Tang team that caused a sensation. The team celebrates the 25th anniversary of their debut album, Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), where the series presents the life and music of the members of this group, looking back on their careers and interviewing each of the nine live members with clips and archives of their own rap music.
September 26, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA
11 November 1970, Staten Island, New York, USA
April 2, 1967 in Amityville, New York, USA
9 May 1970, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
1 April 1971, Richmond [now Staten Island], New York City, New York, USA
22 January 1953, Akron, Ohio, USA
15 November 1968, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
14 September 1973, Queens, New York, USA
September 18, 1969 in Staten Island, New York, USA
August 22, 1966 in Staten Island, New York, USA
5 July 1969, Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
May 21, 1974 in Queens, New York, USA
August 18, 1968 in Staten Island, New York, USA
12 January 1970, Brooklyn, New York, USA
July 6, 1970 in Bronx, New York, USA
May 10, 2019
The group members only convene as a unit for business purposes, they admit. But to call this tale cautionary is to miss the point. As "Of Mics and Men" makes clear, survival itself is a kind of triumph.
January 29, 2019
It shouldn't come as a surprise there's little to no comment on anything unfavorable.
April 08, 2019
In an industry incredibly cut-throat, it was refreshing to witness these brotha's reminisce and watch their lives play out on screen together. They seem to genuinely love each other in a self-created brotherhood that has spanned decades.
May 09, 2019
Wu-Tang is considered by many to be the greatest rap group of all time -- and, with nine members, a most unwieldy subject for an intimate documentary. But Mr. Jenkins turns their story into a first-rate, four-part, nonfiction saga.
May 13, 2019
With Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men Jenkins honors the mythological aura the group constructed around itself and each individual member but refrains from being utterly seduced by it, which goes a long way toward securing its place as a classic.
February 05, 2019
A joyous document of the history of one of music's most important bands.
May 13, 2019
Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men looks back on their legacy in their own words and doesn't shy away from the highs and lows.
May 10, 2019
But it's the old footage and artful vision of Jenkins that sets this retrospective apart from the countless other docs about rappers who changed the game.
May 10, 2019
Jenkins chronicles the group's origins and career, but also frames their story in the context of what it means to grow up black and poor in the public housing projects of Staten Island, New York City's forgotten borough until Wu-Tang made it cool.
May 12, 2019
Over the course of its four hours, Of Mics and Men reveals itself as a more pragmatic type of celebration of musical genius.
