Ali G: Who Iz I? is a 2026 UK/US comedy by Sacha Baron Cohen
Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Morgana Robinson and Stewart Rodeheaver
Hip-hop journalist Ali G returns after 20 years to make a documentary with real people. Cameras follow him for over a year as he takes classes, walks the streets, and appears on shows, often with his pregnant
girlfriend.
The Daily Mail has reported on an AI assisted campaign trying to prevent Ali G: Who Iz I? from being shown at cinemas. Ali G is returning to cinemas in October following a 20-year hiatus during which, as Ali G puts
it, the world went to crap. In the hours that following the release of the movie trailer, a most peculiar series of events played out. It involved a short-lived but apparently extremely high-profile campaign to have Ali G: Who Iz I? banned from
worldwide cinemas. This campaign claimed that the entire film, along with its central character, is somehow racist. Out of nowhere, people who appeared to be offended by Baron Cohens trailer had launched a letter-writing campaign. Before long,
more than 50,000 messages were sent to cinema chains, calling for the film to be blacklisted. The social media accounts of firms such as Odeon were similarly bombarded. Each of 50,000 complaint emails was different. Some were written in the local
language, they had a variety of subject lines and, while none were exactly the same length, many were extremely detailed. The attempt to cancel Baron Cohen was in fact a highly organised Ai assisted campaign. It was also very well financed. The
campaign was apparently orchestrated via an internet platform named NewsCord, which devotes most of its resources to opposing Israel. A NewsCord user wishing to join the campaign against Sacha Baron Cohen needs only to enter their own email address in a
box. The website will then create 20 unique complaint AI assisted emails in their name and send them out to cinema chains and the BBFC.
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