The Golden Age of Behind-the-Scenes: How Entertainment Industry Documentaries Formed a New Genre
| If you want… | Start with these docs | |--------------|----------------------| | | Hearts of Darkness (Apocalypse Now), The Disaster Artist (The Room), Overnight (Boondock Saints downfall) | | Music industry | Muscle Shoals , The Wrecking Crew , Taylor Swift: Miss Americana (artist rights focus) | | TV production | The 11th Hour (The Tonight Show chaos), Showrunners (early 2010s peak TV) | | Scandals & power abuse | Allen v. Farrow , Quiet on Set (Nickelodeon), Downfall: The Case Against Boeing (adjacent: corporate negligence) | | Video games | Indie Game: The Movie , Double Fine Adventure (crowdfunding / creative crunch) |
This is the story of how a pornography empire was built on lies, why the FBI placed its founder on the Ten Most Wanted list, and the devastating consequences for the "girls" who were told their videos would never see the light of day.