What Is Burning Man? All About the Counterculture Festival Attracting Elon Musk and More Celebrities

Burning Man fights gentrification, and a rogue Musk, in revealing HBO doc

Filmmakers Jehane Noujaim and Vikram Gandhi set out to make a docuseries about the Nevada desert festival. Instead, they tell Kevin E G Perry, their show became an exploration of what it means to create a whole society

What Is Burning Man? All About the Counterculture Festival Attracting Elon Musk and More Celebrities

The Burning Man Festival is featured in a new HBO Max docuseries. Learn about the history of the event, its co-founder Larry Harvey, and celebrity followers.

‘The Man Will Burn’ Review: HBO’s Burning Man Docuseries Boasts Impressive Access, but Sticks Too Close to the Photogenic Surface

Directors Jehane Noujaim and Vikram Gandhi chronicle the highs and lows of the festival, which sees tens of thousands of artists and fans descending on the Nevada desert every year.

HBO documentary series chronicling Burning Man’s turbulent evolution debuts Thursday

“The Man Will Burn,” a four-part series, debuts at 9 p.m. Thursday on HBO and HBO Max. Subsequent episodes air at 9 p.m. Thursdays through July 30.

Burning Man fights gentrification, and a rogue Musk, in revealing HBO doc: ‘What’s it like to be mayor of Utopia?’

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