The film's director says it's an honest documentary from the victim's point of view, but lawyers fear it could taint an impartial jury pool.
HOUSTON, Texas -- The experiences of panicked concertgoers who couldn't breathe and had no clear path to escape a massive crowd surge at last year's deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston are featured in a documentary released Friday.
"My job is to make the most truthful, honest, sincere documentary from the victim's point of view ... We need to know about these stories to prevent it from happening again," Minn told The Associated Press. "It's hard to explain to friends and family what we saw and what we actually went through and I think will give a lot of people the opportunity, if you weren't there, to understand," said Frank Alvarez, who attended the concert but does not appear in the film.
Attorneys for Live Nation expressed their concerns in a letter this month to state District Judge Kristen Hawkins, who is handling all pretrial matters in the lawsuits. "Mr. Scott remains focused on his philanthropic work in his hometown of Houston and in lower-income communities of color across the country, both of which are longstanding efforts," the spokesperson said in a statement.
Brent Coon, an attorney representing about 1,500 concertgoers who was interviewed in the documentary, said he doesn't think the film would impact the ability to choose an impartial jury if the case goes to trial, which could be years away.
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