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Powered by WordPress.com VIP Bleecker Street CEO on Why the Social Media Suppression of ‘Musk’ Is About Much More Than Film

The nearly 4-hour documentary about Elon Musk struggled at the box office but has had a surge of interest in PVOD pre-sales.

By Brian Welk

Brian Welk has joined IndieWire as Senior Business Reporter

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Brian Welk

October 29, 2026 4:15 pm

'Musk'

Bleecker Street

Elon Musk has given $276 million to Republican groups and his super PAC since this July ahead of the midterm elections, the New York Times recently reported. But “Musk,” Alex Gibney‘s documentary about the world’s first trillionaire, is not a political film. Or at least not for the majority of its nearly 4-hour runtime.…