In Whose Name? (2025)

Shot over six years by Director Nico Ballesteros, and drawn from an astonishing 3,000 hours of never-before-seen footage, In Whose Name? is the unflinching chronicle of life inside Ye's (Kanye West's) inner circle, captured by a then 18-year-old Ballesteros; an aspiring filmmaker from Orange County with nothing but a camera, a story to tell, and unprecedented access to one of music's most polarizing and scrutinized public figures. What begins as quiet observation soon explodes into a riveting portrait of genius and self- destruction, as Ye battles a collapsing marriage, public backlash, vanished sponsorships, and the shattering reality of his bipolar diagnosis, all while building billion-dollar empires in real time. Along the way, Ballesteros becomes an unlikely witness, confidant, and chronicler of an artist stripped of spectacle and laid bare in his contradictions. —Linda Brown, Indie PR