Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy
NZ release: 10 June 2025
Content that may disturb, offensive language Rated on: 10 June 2025
What’s it about?
This documentary revisits the tragedy and aftermath of rapper Travis Scott’s 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, co-organised by Live Nation. Ten people, aged 9 to 27, lost their lives due to poor planning and understaffing of the event.
Told through festivalgoer footage, harrowing 911 calls, and interviews with survivors and families, the film raises questions about the responsibility of artists in an industry that pushes them to amplify their performances to drive revenue.
The facts
- Directed by Yemi Bamiro (Fight the Power: How Hip-Hop Changed the World)
- English and Spanish languages
- Runtime: 80 minutes
Why did it get this rating?
This documentary was self-rated by Netflix. You can find out more about self-rating by streaming providers here.
Content that may disturb
The film includes unsettling footage from the day, along with emotional interviews with survivors, families of victims that may be upsetting for some viewers.
Scenes include:
- Footage of the crowd surging, people unable to breathe, and victims collapsing.
- Desperate screams for help and 911 calls.
- Medics performing CPR and carrying limp bodies.
- Survivors recounting heart attacks and near-death experiences.
- Families and friends of victims describing their losses, including impacts like depression.
- Footage and testimony about the crowd and police pleading with Scott and Live Nation to stop the concert, which was ignored.
- Footage of Scott at a previous concert (Lollapalooza) inciting chaos, encouraging violence, and telling a young girl to jump from a height into a crowd.
Offensive language
Offensive language includes "f**k,” “sh*t,”“b*tch” and “pussy”
Drug references
There is brief discussion of members of the crown spiking drinks and injecting a policeman with drugs.
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