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Surviving R. Kelly (TV Miniseries)

Surviving R. Kelly

2019

Lyric R. Cabral

Documentary, Self: R. Kelly

6.5

176

TV Series. Documentary Series examining the controversies surrounding R&B singer R. Kelly. In june 2022 R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison. He was found guilty of all nine counts against him after a six-week trial revealed how he had used employees and intermediaries to lure fans and hopeful singers into sexually abusive and controlling conditions, including locking them in rooms without food or access to a bathroom for days.

	Media	Author	Review
		Caroline Framke Variety	"[It] isn’t an easy watch; I dreaded pressing play. But once I started, it was impossible to look away — which is as it should be. It’s been too easy for too many to avert their eyes when the truth was staring back all along."
		Robyn Bahr The Hollywood Reporter	"Raw and arresting (...) This series is an incredible educational tool without being overtly didactic"
		Liz Shannon Miller IndieWire	"'Surviving R. Kelly' is all about making sure the women who have gone unheard get a chance to speak. It is brutal viewing. But it’s so good to know it exists."
		Angelica Jade Bastien Vulture	"The women’s testimonies are indeed moving and necessary (...) [It] is too interested in the particulars of what R. Kelly did to these women’s bodies to fully care about their humanity or grapple with the (...) complexities."
		Willa Paskin Slate	"An extremely effective piece of entertainment journalism (...) The series is comprehensively damning and powerfully disturbing"
		Selena Fragassi Chicago Sun-Times	"Eye-opening (...) The revelations disclosed by the women in 'Surviving R. Kelly' are intense (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Shani Saxon Rolling Stone	"Comprehensive and unflinching, 'Surviving R. Kelly' forces us to finally hold Kelly — and ourselves — accountable once and for all."
		Judy Berman Time	"It illuminates the faces and amplifies the voices of his many accusers (...) 'Surviving R. Kelly' ultimately implicates everyone who has ever bought an R. Kelly album"

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