Any musician’s 20-year career arc would be fascinating to examine.When that artist is Kanye West, however, it’s enthralling, perplexing, and frustrating. To put it another way, it’s very much on brand.

You won’t find any juicy revelations about the recently relaunched Ye’s celebrity lifestyle or explosive Kardashian turmoil here. Instead, “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” offers a fascinating look into his never-ending drive to succeed, his shaky friendships, and the toll mental illness has taken on his life.

In 2002, directors Clarence “Coodie” Simmons began filming Ye to capture his signing to Roc-A-Fella Records, and shortly after, he met Chike Ozah, a producer for MTV’s “You Heard It First.”

Their film is broken into three 90-minute acts: “Vision,” “Purpose,” and “Awakening,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday and will be available on Netflix on February 16.

Ye, now 44, admits that doing a documentary at the start of his transition from producer to rapper was “a little narcissistic.”

Over the years, throngs of enablers and devoted followers would muddle that self-awareness. When Ye’s loving mother, Donda, died, a change in molecules occurred, which Simmons captures with sad clarity.

“He didn’t appear to be Kanye.” In a voiceover describing a gap in film from 2008 to 2014, Simmons says, “We rarely ever spoke.” The director was told by Ye’s crew that there was “no room” for him to join him on his Glow in the Dark tour.

A call from Common inquiring about filming his 2014 Aahh! Fest in Chicago turned out to be a lucky break: Ye was booked as a surprise guest. It wasn’t without anxiety that Simmons looked forward to reconciling with his pal.

“I was terrified,” Simmons adds, “since I knew Kanye but had never met Yeezy.”

They rekindled their bond, and he returned to photographing the superstar in 2017.

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“Jeen-yuhs,” according to Simmons and Ozah, is more of a film than a documentary. Aside from a few quick-cut segments featuring a Kardashian red carpet photo op and Ye’s MTV Awards disruption with Taylor Swift, it’s a major distinction because there are no talking head interviews or film other than Simmons’ unedited shots.