The Freaknik documentary Jermaine Dupri has been teasing is set to premiere on Hulu, Variety reports.
Freaknik: The Wildest Party Never Told “recounts the rise and fall of a small Atlanta HBCU picnic that exploded into an influential street party and spotlighted ATL as a major cultural stage,” per Hulu’s description. The documentary will be executive produced by Jermaine Dupri and Luther "Uncle Luke" Campbell. Showrunner Geraldine L. Porras and director P Frank Williams, Peter Bittenbender and Melissa Cooper for Mass Appeal, Eric Tomosunas for Swirl Films, Terry Ross and Alex Avant, Nikki Byles and Jay Allen are producers.
If you lived in Atlanta, especially pre-Olympics, you know firsthand that Freaknik was a time. The iconic event was founded in the spring of 1983 with a picnic organized by students attending the Atlanta University Center (Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College).
"I was 16 the year I became aware of Freaknik," JD told Atlanta magazine in 2015. "I drove into the traffic not knowing what it was. I was driving to a specific nightclub; I think it was Club XS in Decatur. It was like eight or nine in the evening. This was like one of the first years when it got bigger. They were in the parking lot. I was just like, 'Why is it so many people over here?'"
JD also explained that even he had special transportation, just for the occasion. "I had a motorcycle just for Freaknik, just so I could ride around in the streets," he said. "You wanted to be in it. I had to have a convertible during Freaknik. I wanted to be seen, but I wanted to see everybody at the same time. It was the beginning of 'flexing,' in every kind of way. The birth of riding around with your system blasting, with TVs in your car. All of that stuff came from people wanting to be seen at Freaknik."
No word yet on when the documentary will air.