Bodied is a 2017 American battle rap comedy-drama film directed by Joseph Kahn. It was written by Alex Larsen and produced by Eminem, his manager Paul Rosenberg, and Adi Shankar.[6] The film first premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival.[6] The film stars Calum Worthy as Adam, a graduate student who becomes a competitive battle rapper after becoming immersed in the scene while working on his graduate thesis on the subject.[6]
At the Toronto International Film Festival, the film won the Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award: Midnight Madness.[7] It also won Fantastic Fest’s 2017 Audience Award. In January 2018, YouTube Red announced it had acquired exclusive streaming rights, with a limited theatrical release beginning on November 2, 2018.[8]