Description
In the mid-aughts, Dateline NBC’s To Catch a Predator drew millions of weekly viewers to watch sting operations: men planning to meet minors for sex would instead be confronted by polished host Chris Hansen, then by the police — all on hidden camera.
Filmmaker David Osit (Mayor) was one of those viewers, glued to watching potential sexual predators get caught — but disturbed by the implications of viewing this as entertainment. In Predators, he examines the legacy of the show, revealing raw footage, interviewing Hansen and the adult actors who played the teenage decoys, and exposing the copycats who morphed the show’s conceit into outright vigilantism.
Osit asks uncomfortable, multilayered questions about the real-world consequences of these public humiliations and how survivors, perpetrators, and viewers have been impacted by this influential program.
Date & Time
Oct 10 - 25, 2025
Venue Details
Time & Space Limited
434 Columbia StreetHudson, New York 12534
