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Surviving R Kelly - Season 1
In this series we present a series of powerful real-world events around the most famous singers in the world. The series begins with a documentary look at R. Kelly and their lives as the world's most famous R & B music singers. Beginning with that series, where with R. Kelly's rise to fame and strength as one of the R & B symbols, he forms relationships with singers and younger dancers.
1 September 1957, Brooklyn, New York, USA
18 July 1964, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA
1973
August 31, 1980 in Spanish Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
1971, USA
January 03, 2019
Surviving R. Kelly revisits this history, but more importantly, it illuminates the faces and amplifies the voices of his many accusers.
January 03, 2019
It's been too easy for too many to avert their eyes when the truth was staring back all along.
January 03, 2019
Comprehensive and unflinching, Surviving R. Kelly forces us to finally hold Kelly - and ourselves - accountable once and for all.
January 06, 2019
These testimonies are evocative because they provide a face and voice to the abuse, as well as notions of how this world fails black girls and the rot the black community must face in order to make sure men like R. Kelly don't evade justice.
January 03, 2019
The series [presents] credible, firsthand accounts of years of alleged abuse against young girls and women by Kelly, a Chicago native.
January 04, 2019
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.
January 06, 2019
It's not only a familiar #MeToo narrative about how show business exploits young women; it's also a gutting testament to how society has allowed a monster to thrive simply because his victims are young black women.
January 06, 2019
Smart, moving and deeply researched.
January 04, 2019
If you're still someone who's on the fence about Kelly, watch this documentary. After which, you won't want to do anything other than #MuteRKelly.
January 03, 2019
Gives voice to those who have been neglected for decades.

