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Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Oct 28
Billy Evans Showed Directors Video of Elizabeth Holmes Crying Before 2026 Film Shoot
Updated
Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Oct 28

Billy Evans Showed Directors Video of Elizabeth Holmes Crying Before 2026 Film Shoot

3 articles · Updated · Yahoo! Voices · Oct 28

Summary

  • Lance Oppenheim said Billy Evans played directors phone clips of Elizabeth Holmes crying before filming began, including one after the couple watched Pride and Prejudice.
  • Those videos appeared to signal the intimate access Evans and Holmes wanted in You Can See Everything, the meta-documentary that followed them before Holmes started her federal prison sentence.
  • Nathan Fielder said a month of filming produced many "bizarre moments" the directors only fully grasped later in the edit, including exchanges they could not immediately make sense of.
  • Oppenheim said Fielder at times directly challenged Holmes on camera—telling her he thought she was guilty and asking whether the crew should leave—but the couple insisted they stay.
  • The film premiered in a secret screening at the 53rd Telluride Film Festival on Sept. 6, 2026, and A24 released it theatrically on Oct. 16.

Insights

Did Billy Evans hand Nathan Fielder the key to Elizabeth Holmes’ image makeover—or to a documentary that turned against them?
What does You Can See Everything reveal about documentary truth when private grief, public scandal, and performance start to blur?