In Whose Name? (2025)

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In Whose Name? is a 2025 American documentary film produced, shot, edited and directed by Nico Ballesteros about the life of the American rapper Kanye West. It was released in theaters on September 19, 2025, through AMSI Entertainment.

Production

Nico Ballesteros began recording In Whose Name? in 2019, when he was eighteen years old. According to the synopsis, he shot the film in 15-hour shoot days. Ballesteros recorded over 3,000 hours of footage, which was cut down to an hour and 46 minutes for the final film.

During the editing phase of post-production, the team consisting of Ballesteros, Jack Mason Russell, and Shy Ranje—who contributed as a story editor—relocated to Costa Rica to continue work on the film. They brought the project's hard drives, servers, and monitors and spent a year editing in a remote jungle house.

The film is produced by Ballesteros and Simran A. Singh, with Shy Ranje and Jack Mason Russell serving as co-producers, Justin Staple as executive producer, and David Bullock serving as associate producer.

Ballesteros began filming his own life when he was eight years old, saying in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter that "[f]or a shy kid, the camera became both a shield and a window, a way to channel my introspection while still engaging with the world." He theorized that this might be the reason why he and West "understood each other without saying much.

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