Fyre Fraud — Official Trailer

added: Mon, Jan 14th '19

Do you want to know the true story behind the notorious Fyre Festival? Well, if you're a Hulu subscriber and also a Netflix member, you're in luck! You'll have a choice of two documentaries this week.

In fact, Hulu is kicking things off first as they just made a surprise release. It seems, starting today, Hulu is premiering "Fyre Fraud." It's an original documentary, directed by award-winning documentarians Jenner Furst and Julia Willoughby Nason (Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story), that charts the events surrounding the infamous 2017 music festival that was promoted heavily on social media but turned out to be a total scam.

Hulu also released an official trailer for the doc (watch it above), which boasts an exclusive interview with Fyre Festival founder Billy McFarland, the young hotshot entrepreneur who recently pleaded guilty to wire fraud and was sentenced to six years in federal prison.

Meanwhile, Netflix is also releasing their own Fyre Festival documentary this Friday. That doc, which gives viewers a behind-the-scenes account of what happened, comes from "Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond" director Chris Smith.

synopsis:
The Fyre Festival was the defining scam of the millennial generation, at the nexus of social media influence, late-stage capitalism, and morality in the post-truth era. 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.

Featuring an exclusive interview with Billy McFarland, the convicted con-man behind the festival; FYRE FRAUD is a true-crime comedy bolstered by a cast of whistleblowers, 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.

directed by Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason

release date January 14, 2019 (on Hulu)