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Predators (2025 Film)
''Predators'' is a 2025 documentary film produced and directed by David Osit. It follows the rise and fall of the television program ''To Catch a Predator'', which aired on NBC from 2004 to 2007. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2025, and is scheduled to be released on September 19, 2025, by MTV Documentary Films. Premise Follows the rise and fall of the television program ''To Catch a Predator'', which aired on NBC from 2004 to 2007. Production David Osit wanted to make a documentary revolving around ''To Catch a Predator'' after finding a fan community on Reddit, which included raw and unaired footage. Osit additionally wanted to explore copycat versions of the show made by other people. Release The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2025, where it was cited as one of the best films of the festival by numerous publications including '' IndieWire'', '' Vanity Fair'', ''Variety'' and ''Rolling Stone''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Osit
David Osit (born May 6, 1987) is an American documentary filmmaker, editor and composer. His documentaries include '' Predators, '' ''Mayor'' and '' Thank You for Playing''. Life and career Osit was raised in the suburbs of New York City in Tuckahoe (village), New York, where he graduated from Tuckahoe High School in 2005. Osit studied Middle Eastern and North African Studies at the University of Michigan where he was a Wallenberg Fellow, and studied Refugee Law at the American University in Cairo. His first documentary film, Building Babel, was filmed while Osit was in graduate school and followed real estate developer Sharif El-Gamal during the 2010 Ground Zero Mosque controversy. The film was broadcast on PBS in 2013. He is the director, along with co-director Malika Zouhali-Worrall, of the 2015 documentary '' Thank You for Playing''. Osit and Zouhali-Worrall also directed "Games You Can't Win," a short film inspired by the feature for The New York Times Op-Docs. Bot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolling Stone
''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. The magazine was first known for its coverage of rock music and political reporting by Hunter S. Thompson. In the 1990s, the magazine broadened and shifted its focus to a younger readership interested in youth-oriented television shows, film actors, and popular music. It has since returned to its traditional mix of content, including music, entertainment, and politics. The first magazine was released in 1967 and featured John Lennon on the cover, and was then published every two weeks. It is known for provocative photography and its cover photos, featuring musicians, politicians, athletes, and actors. In addition to its print version in the United States, it publishes content through Rollingstone.com and numerous international editions. The magazine experienced a rapid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Documentary Films About Sexual Crimes
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". The American author and media analyst Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in terms of "a filmmaking practice, a cinematic tradition, and mode of audience reception hat remainsa practice without clear boundaries". Research into information gathering, as a behavior, and the sharing of knowledge, as a concept, has noted how documentary movies were preceded by the notable practice of documentary photography. This has involved the use of singular photographs to detail the complex attributes of historical events and continues to a certain degree to this day, with an example being the conflict-related photography achieved by popular figures such as Mathew Brady during the American Civil War. Documentary movies evolved from the creation of singular images in order to convey partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
