The nearly three-hour film made a surprise world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on September 6, 2026, ahead of an October theatrical release by A24.
If you thought the saga of Elizabeth Holmes had reached its final chapter behind bars, a shocking new cinematic project proves otherwise. Filmmakers Nathan Fielder, known for creating and starring in The Rehearsal,
and Lance Oppenheim, director of Primetime
and Some Kind of Heaven,
managed to keep production under wraps since 2023. The resulting documentary, titled You Can See Everything, runs for nearly three hours and offers unprecedented access to the controversial healthcare technology founder just weeks before she began serving an 11-year sentence in Bryan, Texas, following her conviction on four counts of defrauding investors.
Unprecedented Access and Top-Secrecy Filming Ahead of Prison
The documentary’s existence remained entirely secret until its surprise world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado on Sunday, September 6, 2026. Attendees entering the packed theater were required to place their electronic devices and cell phones into locked security bags.
Holmes and her romantic partner, Billy Evans—the father of her two children—agreed to let the film crew into their San Diego home under the understanding that you can see everything,
as noted in reporting on the Telluride Film Festival screening. Subjects were outfitted with microphones for at least 12 hours a day, captured by wide-angle and close-up cameras alike. Fielder serves as a deadpan interviewer throughout the project, pressing both Holmes and Evans on their past actions and lifestyle.
What begins as an intimate portrait of an enigmatic felon becomes a mind-bending three-year journey into the abyss.
Defending Theranos and Watching The Dropout on Camera
Throughout the interactions captured on film, Holmes maintains her innocence, denying she ever lied or that her diagnostics company was anything other than completely legitimate. Theranos had previously promised a game-changing technology that would utilize microfluidics to run hundreds of the most common blood tests using only a few drops of blood,
though the company ultimately collapsed after investigations revealed the signature blood-testing devices did not work as claimed. Alongside Fielder, Holmes watches The Dropout,
the 2022 television dramatization of Theranos’ downfall starring Amanda Seyfried, who won an Emmy for portraying Holmes.
The documentary also explores the couple’s background and possessions. In one segment highlighted in coverage from the festival, Fielder accompanies Holmes and Evans to storage bins to retrieve original Theranos machinery in an effort to show that the equipment functioned. Meanwhile, Evans, whose family has a background in the hospitality industry, takes on an increasingly prominent role as the cameras follow the family dynamics through Holmes’ incarceration and beyond.
Post-Incarceration Twists and Theatrical Release Plans
While initial footage concludes when Holmes reports to federal prison, the documentary continues tracking events over a two-year span. Fielder joins Holmes on her final drive to prison and maintains contact through the first half of her sentence, though communication with Evans eventually broke down as the project progressed. Following Holmes’ entry into prison, the film jumps forward two years into an unexpected second act filled with twists that reviewers have kept under wraps.
During a post-screening discussion at Telluride reported by Primetimer, Fielder admitted that he was still struggling to this day to understand exactly what I experienced
during production. He noted that the crew frequently failed to reach a consensus on what was happening, ultimately choosing to follow intriguing moments rather than attempting to make logical sense of them.
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