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69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez

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Part investigative documentary, part real-life gangster movie, 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez unpacks the life of polarizing rap sensation and internet troll Tekashi69. One of the most controversial figures in contemporary pop culture, 69 repeatedly broke the internet with his sensationalist music videos and social media beefs before infamously testifying against Brooklyn gang the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in a landmark trial. Director Vikram Gandhi (KUMARÉ, BARRY) gets up close and personal with the neighborhood locals who knew 69 when he was still just Danny Hernandez—before the hard-core persona and the face tattoos—to chronicle his meteoric rise and fall from fame and probe the harsh extremes of addiction to fame in the digital era.

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Mark Kermode Kermode & Mayo's Film Review 06/23/2021
It gave its subject a fair hearing, and the documentary maker was challenging his own motives for making the film and questioning everything... Go to Full Review
Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 06/14/2021
2/5
It tries to ask huge questions about digital culture and moral disintegration, but is consistently hampered by the crass repugnance of its subject. Go to Full Review
Wendy Ide Observer (UK) 06/13/2021
3/5
This intriguing documentary fails to fully answer [its] questions, but it does shine a light on a particularly uneasy aspect of internet celebrity. Go to Full Review
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Synopsis Part investigative documentary, part real-life gangster movie, 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez unpacks the life of polarizing rap sensation and internet troll Tekashi69. One of the most controversial figures in contemporary pop culture, 69 repeatedly broke the internet with his sensationalist music videos and social media beefs before infamously testifying against Brooklyn gang the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods in a landmark trial. Director Vikram Gandhi (KUMARÉ, BARRY) gets up close and personal with the neighborhood locals who knew 69 when he was still just Danny Hernandez—before the hard-core persona and the face tattoos—to chronicle his meteoric rise and fall from fame and probe the harsh extremes of addiction to fame in the digital era.
Director
Vikram Gandhi
Producer
Jeremy Falson, Jude Hope Harris, Vikram Gandhi
Screenwriter
Vikram Gandhi
Distributor
Hulu
Production Co
Gunpowder & Sky
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 16, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 16, 2020
Runtime
1h 41m