Airdate: Fyre Fraud
Seven will screen a Hulu documentary about the failed 2017 music festival that swindled thousands.
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Seven will screen Fyre Fraud, a Hulu feature-length original documentary film about the failed 2017 Fyre Festival in the Bahamas that swindled thousands.
This screened in the US in January.
Fyre Fraud is a unique and personal true-crime investigation story of one of the biggest con-men of the last decade, Billy McFarland.
A rising young star entrepreneur, McFarland is now serving six years in jail for deceiving a generation in the global phenomenon digital scam that shocked the world: Fyre Festival.
The compelling documentary features an exclusive interview with MacFarland, and reveals his involvement in other hugely lucrative scams, alongside exclusive commentary from legal and cultural experts.
Fyre Festival was the defining scam of the millennial generation. Marketing for the 2017 music event went viral with the help of rapper Ja Rule, Instagram stars, and models, but turned epic fail after stranding thousands in the Bahamas. Fyre Fraud is bolstered by a cast of whistle-blowers, victims and insiders going beyond the spectacle to uncover the power of FOMO and an ecosystem of enablers, driven by profit and a lack of accountability in the digital age.
Fyre Fraud was executive produced by Emmy nominated and Peabod award-winning directors Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason alongside Michael Gasparro, The Cinemart, MIC and Billboard.
9:30pm Sunday on Seven.
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I had a real issue with the producers paying McFarland for his involvement in this when so many people were left out of pocket by his action. On top of that, the Netflix doco is just more entertaining anyway, and of course has given us that fabulous meme which is the gift that keeps on giving : )
This is just as good a doco as the Netflix one. They actually paid McFarland to appear in this, and it’s great to watch him squirm.
If this is the one that’s on Netflix, it’s like a car crash that you can’t stop staring at. Rivettingly catastrophic.
I don’t think this is the same one as on Netflix. Different title. Watched that one twice. Ready for third watch soon.
This isn’t the one on Netflix. From all the buzz when all these dropped around the same time in the US, the Netflix one was better to watch first because it had some more salacious elements (importing water…) but since it was produced by the people that put on Fyre Fest, this one from Hulu was great to watch after because it provided much needed context and dealt more with the criminal element of the operation. You’d probably enjoy it if you’ve seen netflix’s (I’m yet to watch either).