Review of Fyre (2019) by Geewah — 08 Jan 2021

A good doco on the mess that was the Fyre festival. Did have a good chuckle about some of the people getting scammed by a post from a C grade celebrity on instagram though.

This review of Fyre (2019) was written by Geewah on 08 Jan 2021.

Fyre has generally received positive reviews.

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