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Lance Oppenheim · USA, 2026 · 110 min
A shocking behind-the-scenes look at a controversial US programme that pioneered the reality-crime genre while prompting strong ethical reservations. Set in 2006, the film follows television journalist Chris Hansen at the height of NBC's reality-crime phenomenon, a programme built around hidden-camera sting operations that lure suspected online child predators to staged meetings with decoys before confronting them on camera and turning them over to law enforcement. The show becomes a ratings sensation, transforming crime reporting into prime-time spectacle. As public fascination with the programme grows, those behind it become increasingly entangled in a system driven by audience demand, ambition and moral certainty.
"Chris Hansen pioneered a spectacle of punishment - the moment moral outrage became must-see TV. His show always fascinates me, in part because of the way it collapses fiction and reality: the predators are acting on real, horrific impulses, but they are led into a highly constructed environment where they interact with actors and a TV host." (Lance Oppenheim)
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