Spike Lee pays tribute to Michael Jackson's Bad on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the epochal album, offering behind-the-scenes footage of Jackson recording the album and interviews with confidants, musicians, choreographers, and such music-world superstars as Kanye West, Sheryl Crow, Cee Lo Green and Mariah Carey.
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Michael Jackson
Self (archive footage)
Known for
Moonwalker
Ghosts
Ahmir-Khalib Thompson
Himself
Spike Lee
Self
Known for
Do the Right Thing
Malcolm X
Sheryl Crow
Self
Known for
The Minus Man
Cee Lo Green
Self
Known for
Hotel Transylvania
Sparkle
Mariah Carey
Self
Known for
Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire
The Butler
Questlove
Self
Known for
Soul
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Ye
Self
Known for
Runaway
The Love Guru
Martin Scorsese
Self
Known for
Shark Tale
The Mandalorian and Grogu
Thelma Schoonmaker
Self
Also in
Michael Powell
Visions, Dreams and Magic: The Unmade Films of Michael Powell
Stevie Wonder
Self
Also in
The Rhythm of Life
Bikini Beach
Justin Bieber
Self
Known for
Killing Hasselhoff
Spike Lee Director
United States release October 19, 2012 · Produced in United States · Production Epic Records, Optimum Productions
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40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
Production
Epic Records
Production
Optimum Productions
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Sony Music Entertainment
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40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks
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United States
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English
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English
Release dates
Italy · August 31, 2012
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · October 19, 2012
Limited theatrical
United States
November 22, 2012 · TV · ABC
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