Documentary filmmaker David Osit was going down an internet rabbit hole in the late 2010s when he stumbled upon a primitive, yet quickly addictive, message board. Sporting the archaic look of a Web ...
When NBC's To Catch a Predator premiered in the mid-2000s, it became a cultural sensation - drawing huge audiences as host Chris Hansen confronted men accused of soliciting minors, then watched police ...
"Some people watching this may feel like you have something to answer for..." MTV Doc Films debuted the official trailer for a documentary film titled Predators, from director David Osit, one of the ...
A new documentary hitting theaters next month will examine America’s fascination with watching child sex predators exposed on national television and the cultural impact of shows like NBC’s To Catch a ...
“My life may be crappy, but at least I’m not on TV.” That’s one explanation for the mass appeal of “To Catch a Predator” put forth by a subject in “Predators,” a new documentary about the mid-aughts ...
The setup was always the same: An adult male would visit the home of a minor they had been communicating with online, and while they were expecting some sort of sexual encounter, they would instead be ...
A new documentary looks at the true crime TV program "To Catch A Predator" and its copycats. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with filmmaker David Osit about some of the uncomfortable questions "Predators" ...
“Predators,” the new documentary about the TV news program “To Catch a Predator,” comes across as painfully, almost uncomfortably conflicted in the view of its subject. Yet those NBC specials that ...