Bad 25

Bad 25 (2012) is a documentary by Spike Lee — watch it online on iFILM. The film marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Michael Jackson's Bad album with studio footage, archival material, and first-hand accounts from the people who were in the room when it was made.

Mariah Carey, Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, Sheryl Crow and Cee Lo Green share their perspectives on the record. Martin Scorsese talks about directing the 1987 title-track short film alongside a then-unknown Wesley Snipes. Lee is after something more than a celebration: through these accounts, the album becomes a record of what Jackson was trying to prove after Thriller, and how hard he worked to prove it. Stream Bad 25 online on iFILM.