: Future profitability is increasingly tied to phone screens rather than cinemas. By 2026, 60% of streaming viewing is expected to happen on mobile devices.

If you think entertainment industry documentaries are just extended DVD extras or tell-all gossip fests, think again. Over the past decade, this genre has evolved into one of the most revealing, thought-provoking, and even unsettling corners of non-fiction storytelling.

The documentary then shifts its focus to the blockbuster era of the 1970s and 1980s, which saw the rise of franchise films like Star Wars, The Godfather, and Indiana Jones. The film explores how these movies changed the way studios approached filmmaking and marketing, and how they paved the way for the modern franchise-driven industry.

Films like An Open Secret or Untouchable examine the deep-seated power dynamics and systemic abuses that have plagued the industry for generations.