Skip to content
Tech News
← Back to articles

A Secret New Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Stuns Telluride

read original get Bad Blood by John Carreyrou → more articles
Why This Matters

A surprise Telluride premiere reveals that Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim spent extraordinary time with Elizabeth Holmes and her husband in the weeks before she began an 11-year fraud sentence, with A24 releasing it in October. For the tech industry, it revives scrutiny of Silicon Valley's hype-and-fundraising culture just as Holmes' clemency petition to President Trump remains pending. The film's unusual access also signals how founder scandals have become prestige entertainment.

Key Takeaways
Worth a Look

Bad Blood by John Carreyrou — If a new Elizabeth Holmes documentary has you curious, John Carreyrou's "Bad Blood" is the definitive account of the Theranos collapse, written by the Wall Street Journal reporter who broke the story. It reads like a thriller and gives all the background you need before watching the film.

See Bad Blood by John Carreyrou on Amazon → Affiliate link — we may earn a commission on purchases, at no extra cost to you. Product picked by AI based on this article; it is not a tested recommendation.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Telluride just managed one of its best-kept secrets in years, per The Hollywood Reporter. On Sunday night, festival-goers filed into a 650-seat theater with their phones locked away, having no idea what they were about to see, told only that it ran nearly three hours, hadn't been shown anywhere, and that its principal creators would be in the audience. The surprise premiere they went on to enjoy is a new documentary from co-directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim about Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. Called "You Can See Everything," the film is said to capture Holmes and her husband, Billy Evans, in the 34 days before she reported to federal prison in May 2023 to begin an 11-year sentence for defrauding investors about her blood-testing technology. Since then, her legal fight has limped along without success. Her appeals to overturn the conviction and shorten her sentence were rejected in February of last year. She then went a different route last year, asking President Trump to commute her sentence. That clemency petition is still listed as pending, meaning it's officially been opened and remains under review. Fielder apparently lived in the couple's guest house during filming -- the access they provided sounds shocking -- but some of the buzz also ties to an A-list actress who becomes part of the story itself. A24 is set to release the film in October. You can watch a trailer for the film on YouTube.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.