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Fyre Fraud is a 2019 American documentary film that exposes the fraud and social media influence behind the failed 2017 music festival in the Bahamas. The film features interviews with Billy McFarland, the festival organizer, and other insiders and critics, and was released on Hulu before Netflix's similar documentary.
Here’s something many people didn’t see coming, including Netflix: five days before Netflix launches Fyre, their documentary about the ill-fated Fyre Festiva...
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Fyre Fraud: Directed by Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason. With Billy McFarland, Jake Horowitz, Polly Mosendz, Calvin Wells. Concert promoters and rapper Ja Rule advertise a high-end festival experience that fails spectacularly when they don't plan for the infrastructure to support the venue, artists and guests.
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- Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby Nason
- 2019-01-14
Apr 16, 2021 · Four years after the Fyre Festival fiasco, 277 ticket-holders could see some $7,220 (£5,226) returned, thanks to a settlement in a US federal court. Organisers of the 2017 music event, which was...
Apr 15, 2021 · April 15, 2021. Nearly four years after an infamous festival that was billed as an ultraluxurious musical getaway in the Bahamas left attendees scrounging for makeshift shelter on a dark beach, a...
- Sarah Bahr
Apr 16, 2021 · Fighting 'Fyre' With 'Fyre Fraud': Two Documentaries About The Same Disaster. McFarland and his company, Fyre Media, have faced some dozen lawsuits in the festival's aftermath. As NPR reported in...
Oct 11, 2018 · The founder of the ill-fated Fyre Festival - called a "complete disaster" by fans - has been jailed for six years by a US judge. Billy McFarland, 26, pleaded guilty to fraud earlier this...
