On the other hand, In Her Words, directed by Nneka Onuorah, feels like an attempt at closure, covering some of the more difficult moments in Pitt’s recent past — from losing her mother, Holly Thomas, in 2019, to being shot by rapper Tori. . Lanez in 2020. Earlier that year, just as the pandemic was beginning, Pete’s song “Savage” exploded on TikTok, sending her star soaring. All of it — the grief, the shock, the fast and furious fame — took its toll.
“I’m supposed to be above the criticism and the haters and the trolls and everything else, but I’m a normal human being,” Pete says during our call. In “Her Words” he cedes space to the person behind the swaggering stage persona: “You may have seen me in a show, but you’d be surprised at what was really going on.”
But that was then: Now that she’s taken over the “boss seat,” she’s putting the full force of her influence behind projects and causes she believes in. Since launching Chicas Divertidas (“I’ve been working on it” for a few years now — I’m excited for Chicas to see how smoothly Order”) for Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign (“I just want the hotties to know, if you’re not registered to vote, I’m not going to do this ‘I know what’s going on but I want you to go out and do what’s right and follow what you know in your heart is the right thing to do,'” Go vote if you want to see change.
Viewers of the documentary will notice custom anime panels spliced with movie footage. This was something else that Pete, a known fan of the genre, felt passionately about. “I really love storytelling in anime,” she says. “I really like the way you see a character go from my lowest point to being my most badass person. In my documentary, I wanted my fans to feel like they’ve been on the same journey with me. Like you’re going to see me at my lowest point. You’ll see me trying, falling down a few times, but in the end no Never give up.
Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words is available for streaming on Prime Video starting October 31, 2024.
