Zwischen Ruhm, Publicity und Gefängnis – Prime Video und Meek Mill haben heute eine Doku-Serie angekündigt, die dem Rapper bei seinem Kampf für Gerechtigkeit folgt. Das sechsteilige Prime Original gibt Prime-Mitgliedern besondere Einblicke in das Leben, die Karriere sowie die strafrechtliche Odyssee des Stars. Die noch unbetitelte Serie feiert voraussichtlich 2019 Premiere bei Prime Video in mehr als 200 Ländern und Territorien.
Meek Mill, geborener Robert Rihmeek Williams, wurde im November 2017 zu einer Haftstrafe von zwei bis vier Jahren verurteilt. Er wurde festgenommen, nachdem er für ein Instagram-Video nur auf dem Hinterrad durch die Straßen gefahren war. Es war bereits das dritte Mal, dass Richter Genece Brinkley den Rapper wegen eines Verstoßes gegen seine Bewährungsauflagen ins Gefängnis schickte. Dieses letzte Urteil sorgte für große öffentliche Empörung, da es als zu streng empfunden wurde. Viele Unterstützer sehen das Urteil gegen Meek Mill als Beweis für die Ungleichheiten in einem Strafrechtssystem, in dem Afroamerikaner fast sechsmal so häufig inhaftiert werden als Weiße.
Die Serie wird von Roc Nation und The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC) produziert. In Zusammenarbeit mit Meek Mill, fungieren Shawn Carter, Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman sowie Paul und Isaac Solotaroff als Executive Producer.
Meek Mill and Amazon Prime Video today announced a six-part documentary series that will follow Meek and his fight for exoneration while exposing flaws in the criminal justice system. In collaboration with Meek and executive producers Shawn Carter, Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Paul and Isaac Solotaroff, and produced by Roc Nation and The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC), the series will give viewers unprecedented access to the star’s life, career, and criminal justice odyssey, while demonstrating the negative effects long tail probation is having on urban communities of color. The series is expected to premiere in 2019 exclusively on Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories.
Meek Mill commented: “I’m grateful for this unique opportunity to share my story and I look forward to collaborating with Amazon Prime Video, Roc Nation and The Intellectual Property Corporation on this incredible series. Not only will this documentary give viewers an unprecedented look at my life, but it will also allow me to use my public platform to highlight the need for criminal justice reform.”
“We’re thrilled to be working with such a talented group of producers to bring Meek’s life story to light,” said Heather Schuster, Head of Unscripted, Amazon Originals. “Meek’s story of being incarcerated needs to be told and we will have incredible access that takes Prime members beyond the headlines and into his world.”
“Every day of Meek’s adult life has been lived under the threat of incarceration, if not actually behind bars,” said Eli Holzman, CEO of IPC. “With our partners at Roc Nation and the incredible team at Amazon Studios, we are privileged to take on the responsibility of crafting the definitive documentary on Meek’s story, the corrupt system he continues to navigate to ensure his freedom, and the larger issue of long-tail probation in our country. Hopefully Meek and the millions like him won’t have to wait for justice much longer.“
In November 2017, Meek Mill, born Robert Rihmeek Williams, was sent to county lockup for two to four years after he was captured popping a wheelie in an Instagram video. It was the third time Judge Genece Brinkley sent Meek to prison for violating his probation. But this latest sentencing caused widespread outrage as being too severe and triggered a series of investigations, which will be explored in this documentary series. Many advocates see Meek’s sentence as evidence of the inequalities in a criminal justice system where African-Americans are incarcerated at nearly six times the rate of whites.
This explosive investigative series will follow Meek and his supporters as they attempt to uncover the different facets of corruption that kept him under the thumb of Philadelphia’s criminal justice system for over a decade, while revealing his life post incarceration. Each hour-long episode unravels Meek’s past—from the childhood trauma that shaped him as an artist, to the vast conspiracy behind his latest imprisonment—while following present day developments in his legal battle, personal life, and music career. The series will also feature Meek’s original music.
