Biography
Sacha Jenkins (August 22, 1971 — May 24, 2025) was an American documentary filmmaker, producer, writer, musician, artist, curator, and chronicler of hip-hop, graffiti, punk, and metal cultures. While still in his teens, Jenkins published Graphic Scenes & X-Plicit Language, one of the earliest 'zines solely dedicated to "graffiti" art. In 1994, Jenkins co-founded Ego Trip magazine. In 2007, he created the competition reality program ego trip's The (White) Rapper Show, which was carried by VH1. Je...
Known For
Complete Filmography
All Up in the Biz
2023
Executive Producer, Writer, Director
Acclaimed director Sacha Jenkins shines a spotlight on the life and rhymes of the 'clown prince of hip-hop', Biz Markie, best known for his Top 40 hit...
Sunday Best
2023
Director
The Ed Sullivan Show ran for more than a thousand episodes, and Sunday Best is packed with some of its greatest moments and performances. There are al...
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Director, Producer
An intimate and revealing look at the world-changing musician, presented through a lens of archival footage and never-before-heard home recordings and...
Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James
2021
Director, Executive Producer, Writer
This profile of legendary funk/R&B icon Rick James captures the peaks and valleys of his storied career to reveal a complicated and rebellious soul, d...
Railroad Ties
2019
Director
Premiering at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, this moving docu-short traces the lineage of six descendants of fugitive slaves and abolitionists. The ...
The New York Hardcore Chronicles Film 1.5
2018
as Himself
Director Drew Stone’s New York Hardcore series returns with The New York Chronicles Film 1.5. Featuring never before seen footage and brand new interv...
Point Blank Period: A City Girls Documentary
2018
Executive Producer
Uncensored documentary about rap duo City Girls and their rise to fame.
LOGIC: Gray Matters
2018
Executive Producer
Logic opens up about the struggles that have influenced his music and the happiness he found in his career after fighting off crippling anxiety.
Word is Bond
2017
Director
This documentary film examines the transformative power of lyrics in the world of hip-hop music. Through dynamic archival footage, in-depth interviews ...
Burn Motherfucker, Burn!
2017
Director
An in-depth and provocative look at the 1992 Los Angeles riots exploring the roots of civil unrest in California and the relationship between African ...
New Breed Documentary 1989
2016
The New Breed Documentary chronicles a cassette compilation put out by Freddy Alva & Chaka Malik in 1989. New York Hardcore was undergoing a transitio...
Fresh Dressed
2015
Director, Writer
The history of Hip-Hop / Urban fashion and its rise from southern cotton plantations to the gangs of 1970s in the South Bronx, to corporate America, a...