Sep
5,
2024
JIMI, a feature-length documentary about the meteoric rise of the legendary rock star and global icon Jimi Hendrix has been authorized for the first time by the Jimi Hendrix Estate.
JIMI will be directed by Bao Nguyen, whose most recent film, The Greatest Night in Pop, was recently nominated for three Emmys: Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special, Outstanding Directing (Bao) For Nonfiction Programming, and Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program.
The film will be produced by Double Agent and Network Entertainment, and Experience Hendrix are pleased to announce they are in production on
JIMI will be produced by multi-award-winning Network Entertainment (BRATS, Oprah Winfrey’s SIDNEY, Sly Stone, Bernie Taupin), financier/producer Double Agent (Asif Kapadia’s 2073, which premiered in Venice, Alex Gibney’s Musk, and The Man Will Burn), and Experience Hendrix.
In this origin story of epic proportions, 23-year-old unsung sideman Jimmy James arrives in the Swinging London of 1966 and quickly establishes himself as “Jimi Hendrix,” blowing away the luminaries of the era with his virtuosic technique. Within a year, Hendrix is catapulted back to the US for his breakout psychedelic performance at the Monterey Pop Festival, exploding into the most iconic guitar player in the history of popular music. Through newly commissioned interviews, never-before-seen photos and meticulously curated and restored archival footage, as well as the immortal Hendrix tracks that dominated the charts, JIMI will tell the story of a transformational period in music history when Jimi Hendrix set the world – and his guitar – on fire.
