‘Fyre’ Examines a Failed Festival’s Ashes
The Netflix documentary joins Hulu’s ‘Fyre Fraud,’ about the same event
Netflix’s “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” traces how Fyre Festival went from an Instagram-worthy celebration on the beach to one of the biggest debacles in concert history.
The documentary, set for release Friday, is also a 97-minute character study of festival co-founder William “Billy” McFarland, who pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court last year to fraud charges. It joins “Fyre Fraud,” another documentary about the 2017 Bahamas festival that rival streaming service Hulu released earlier this week.
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