While traditional Hollywood filmmaking faces a period of contraction—with a 31% decrease in production and a 50% drop in box office sales early in 2024—the documentary genre is thriving. This "Golden Age" is driven by several factors:
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The EID’s critical edge is sharply limited by corporate ownership. It will critique other industries, or past iterations of its own industry (e.g., #MeToo documentaries about Harvey Weinstein, produced by companies that have faced their own harassment lawsuits). While traditional Hollywood filmmaking faces a period of
The entertainment industry is currently experiencing its "Industrial Revolution." With the recent writers' and actors' strikes, the explosion of AI tools, and the crushing debt of major studios, the industry is in crisis. Audiences are overwhelmed by choice but starving for quality. The Feed is not just a behind-the-scenes look; it is a forecast of how we will consume stories—and how stories will consume us—in the decades to come. He looks at the celluloid, then at the camera
This Netflix docuseries takes a broader view, exploring specific moments in music history (Auto-Tune, the country boom, Boy Bands). It works so well because it treats pop music not as low art, but as a complex industrial process involving technology, race, and commerce.