Kanye West has premiered his self-directed mini-movie, Runaway. The rapper held screenings for select guests, following a preview of the feature at the end of September. Runaway made its debut, online and in broadcast media, last night.

The 35-minute-long film, which told the tale of a fallen phoenix, aired on MTV and BET at 8PM ET and was streamed on each channel’s respective website. As well as VH1.com. The shorter version, 8-minutes-long, also shown below, offered more of the same from Saturday Night Live October 2, 2010 when he was the musical guest; West performed Runaway and Power with dancers on a white background. I’ve not yet had time to do much more than skim these, so forgive the lack of commentary on the content itself. I’m guessing I’m far too sober to be watching this for the 43 minutes it would take to view both clips. The first clip below is the full Runaway music video from West’s VEVO on YouTube. It should be watchable in all countries; I can see it in the UK. The second clip below, for those who don’t have Kanye-time ™ or the whole afternoon scheduled off especially for the occasion, can numb their brains for only 8 minutes instead…

West co-starring model Selita Ebanks, narrated by Nicki Minaj: 35-minutes-long.

Kanye West Runaway extended: Version featuring Pusha T is 8 1/2-minutes-long.

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