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Documentary examines Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos fraud
A new documentary examines Elizabeth Holmes and the Theranos fraud that made her a prominent figure in Silicon Valley.
Holmes founded Theranos with a promise that a finger prick could provide hundreds of medical test results.
The company’s devices did not work as claimed, and staff diluted blood samples for conventional testing machines, leading to misleading results.
In 2015, a reporter’s investigation revealed the practices and helped bring the company’s claims into public view.
Theranos collapsed, and Holmes was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 11 years in prison.
The film follows Holmes about a month before she reported to prison, after she invited director Nathan Fielder to live with her family; it explores whether she was sincere or trying to influence the filmmakers.
The documentary opens in US cinemas on October 16, with no confirmed release date in Brazil.
The documentary You Can See Everything examines Elizabeth Holmes and the fraud at her blood-testing company, Theranos.
The film follows director Nathan Fielder as he tries to determine whether Holmes is sincere or manipulating him.
Holmes invited Fielder to live with her family about a month before she was due to report to prison to serve an 11-year sentence.
Theranos promised to run hundreds of tests from a finger-prick blood sample, but its device did not work and test results were often misleading.
A 2015 investigation by Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou found that the company used other firms’ machines and diluted blood samples.
The documentary is due to open in US cinemas on October 16, with no confirmed release date in Brazil.
- Who
- Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, and directors Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.
- What
- The documentary You Can See Everything examines Holmes and the Theranos fraud.
- When
- It opens in US cinemas on October 16; the year is not stated in the article.
- Where
- US cinemas; the film was screened at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado.
- Why
- The film explores Holmes’s story and whether she was sincere or trying to manipulate the filmmakers.
Elizabeth Holmes
Theranos critics and investigators
Her account
Elizabeth Holmes
Holmes hoped to convince the filmmakers and possibly the public that she had been wronged.
Theranos critics and investigators
Investigative reporting revealed that Theranos used conventional testing machines and diluted samples, compromising results.
Inc. and Fortune featured Holmes on their covers and called her the next Steve Jobs.
Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou investigated Theranos and reported that it used conventional machines and diluted blood samples.
Holmes invited director Nathan Fielder to live with her family.
You Can See Everything is scheduled to open in US cinemas.
- Documentary
- You Can See Everything
- Directors
- Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim
- Prison sentence
- 11 years
- Theranos valuation
- Reached US$9 billion before falling to practically zero
- Investor funding
- Rupert Murdoch invested about US$125 million
- US cinema opening
- October 16
What people are saying
She did not understand medicine and had rudimentary knowledge of engineering. And she was 19. But she did not want to listen to experts. She thought she knew everything.
In a way, I found her honest and charming
unique psychodrama circus
Sources
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