Perhaps the watershed moment for the modern genre. The Fyre Festival documentaries (both Netflix and Hulu versions) captured the "influencer economy" at its peak. It is an about the intersection of music booking, social media marketing, and fraud. It introduced the "millennial disruption" narrative—proving that tech grifters could destroy the music industry just as easily as old-guard executives.

While high-end documentaries can cost between $2,000 and $4,000 per finished minute, digital tools have lowered the entry barrier, allowing creators to produce content with significantly lower budgets than traditional scripted films.