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Dec 22, 2021 · Beanie Babies doc director on the 'group of soccer moms' who sparked the billion-dollar craze. EW caught up with Yemisi Brookes to talk all things Beanie, the surprising twists the story...
Feb 4, 2022 · Remember the Beanie Babies craze during the '90s? The iconic plush stuffed animals swept the country and the world, but it all started about 30 miles west of Chicago in a Naperville cul-de-sac.
Jan 31, 2023 · Beanie Mania, the new HBO Max documentary about the Beanie Baby craze of the 1990s, investigates the swell, and eventual pop, of the Beanie Baby bubble. Plus, director Yemisi Brookes thought that now was a pretty good time for some pre-pandemic cuddly toy nostalgia.
- Margeaux Sippell
I directed this extraordinary feature doc, charting a small group of soccer moms from a Chicago suburb who started the biggest economic bubble the world has ever seen - by trading $5 teddies. BEANIE MANIA is streaming now on HBO Max.
Beanie Mania: Directed by Yemisi Brookes. With Colleen Ballinger, Lina Trivedi. Features interviews with passionate collectors, notable influencers and company insiders of Beanie Babies, the stuffed toys created by Ty Warner that spawned a frenzy of American greed.
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- Yemisi Brookes
Documentarian Yemisi Brookes’ BEANIE MANIA, which looks back on the Beanie Babies craze of the late 90s, has an undeniable hook that’s destined to reach everyone from folks who got swept up in the madness to those who just want to delight in the schadenfreude of it all.
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Dec 22, 2021 · Yemisi Brookes’ new HBO feature Beanie Mania isn’t, therefore, exactly like seemingly every other TV documentary released in 2021, but it’s adjacent to every cult, scam and cyber-curiosity...
