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- 2019
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- Lifetime
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Lifetime
Summary The six-part documentary series features interviews with the young women who allege to have suffered sexual, mental, and physical abuse from the R&B singer as well as music industry professionals, journalists, former employees and family members of Kelly.
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Lifetime
- 2019
- TV-MA
- Lifetime
Surviving R. Kelly
Season 1 Premiere: Jan 3, 2019
83
6.6
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Summary The six-part documentary series features interviews with the young women who allege to have suffered sexual, mental, and physical abuse from the R&B singer as well as music industry professionals, journalists, former employees and family members of Kelly.
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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77% Positive
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23% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 13 Critic Reviews
83
77% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
23% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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A powerful and necessary second act. ... Is it hard to watch? Absolutely. But it’s also riveting and cathartic, especially since Kelly is being prosecuted. “Surviving R. Kelly Part II: The Reckoning” continues to press for justice and give voice to credible accusers and witnesses.
Smart, moving and deeply researched.
Raw and arresting docuseries. ... Vital. 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.
Aside from some dramatic musical stings and fades to black, the docuseries mostly eschews salacious framing in favor of measured, thorough documentation and extensive interviews with people from every stage of Kelly’s life. ... Surviving R. Kelly isn’t an easy watch; I dreaded pressing play. But once I started, it was impossible to look away--which is as it should be. It’s been too easy for too many to avert their eyes when the truth was staring back all along.
Like its predecessor, the documentary is a piece of workmanlike TV that relies on restless editing, conspicuous background music, and repetition, with talking heads providing both sharp insight and familiar platitudes. ... There’s no denying the force of the material here nor of the ambitious, decades-spanning, multi-angle tale that the series tells.
The challenge is that touching upon so many diverse threads risks diluting the focus from the fundamental issue at the heart of the Kelly story, which remains, as articulated by author Jim DeRogatis, "How did he get away with this for 30 years?"
The women’s testimonies are indeed moving and necessary, and we should honor their perspectives. But watching those testimonies, I often felt like I was stepping into a private moment, as the women pore over the details of what they experienced, the majority of whom were very young teenagers at the time of their abuse. Aesthetically, the documentary trades in the coarse rhythms of a tabloid.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
6.6
66% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 29 User Ratings
6.6
66% Positive
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
17% Mixed
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
17% Negative
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Production Company:
- Bunim-Murray Productions (BMP)
- Kreativ Inc.
- Kreativ
Initial Release Date: Jan 3, 2019
Number of seasons: 3 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards
Black Reel Awards for Television
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Critics' Choice Real TV Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Banff Television Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination