Rick James documentary Bitchin’: The Sound and Fury of Rick James has been released – you can watch the excerpt below.The Showtime film is aiming to take an “intimate yet propulsive look at Rick James, one of rock, funk and R&B’s most legendary and often under-appreciated figures”.Bitchin’ will feature rare footage of James, who died in August 2004 at the age of 56, performing live, as well as “never-before-seen home video, original interviews with legendary artists, collaborators and friends, and a treasure trove of recorded interviews with James”.“The documentary presents a full picture of James’ dramatic rise and fall, focusing in on the ‘Punk-Funk’ music he left behind,” the synopsis for the film adds.A new preview clip of Bitchin’ has.
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