Lance Oppenheim captures Elizabeth Holmes' final day before prison
Documentary filmmakers Lance Oppenheim and Nathan Fielder filmed Elizabeth Holmes. They captured her final month of freedom before she started an 11-year prison sentence.
The documentary You Can See Everything follows Elizabeth Holmes. She prepares to enter federal prison in Texas.
She was convicted of cheating investors in her blood-testing company, Theranos, out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Oppenheim and Fielder spent a month filming Holmes with her family.
They captured an intimate scene of her entering the prison on her last day of freedom. The 30-year-old director had two major premieres less than 24 hours apart.
His film Primetime premiered at Venice. Then You Can See Everything premiered at Telluride.
Awards experts predict the film could make Oscar history. It could be the first documentary nominated for Best Picture.
Oppenheim, known for intimate filmmaking, explores Holmes's beliefs and persona through Fielder's interactions. The director has built a reputation for unusual documentaries that blend real-life observation with cinematic craft.
- 11 years
- Holmes prison sentence
- Bryan, Texas
- Prison location
- 30
- Director age
- Venice and Telluride within 24 hours
- Festival premieres
Why it mattersThe film offers rare access to a major fraud case that captured global attention. It shaped how documentaries approach controversial figures.
AustraliaNo direct Australian impact yet, though the film will screen at Australian cinemas and is relevant to viewers interested in documentary cinema and the Theranos scandal.
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