12 Insane Documentaries Way Stranger Than Fiction
2. Fyre
What was supposed to be the greatest festival of their lives turned into a nightmare for the excited, young rich kids that had purchased tickets to the Fyre Festival.
The grandiose promises from the organisers were later exposed as dirty lies, but only when it became too late for the festival-goers, who were left stranded on a desert island. People may find joy in laughing at the snobbish, spoilt kids that were affected by this scam, but this is truly a sad tale for everyone involved.
That’s not to say there isn’t humour to be found in the ridiculous scheming of the organisers. Billy McFarland and his team created a huge amount of buzz through viral videos and other social media antics, but the festival was always doomed to fail and fail miserably.
Fyre tells the story of the scheming and deceit that went into organising the bogus festival, as told by members of McFarland’s team. You have to fell sympathy for some of his team who sincerely tried to make this event happen.
You won’t believe how far one man was willing to go to get crates of bottled water for the festival!