There'll Likely be Michael Jackson Vigils Throughout the Night

Incoming Editorial·Reviewed July 9, 2026

Through nearly a thousand found footage videos from the early internet, filmmaker Marcus Batto recreates the day of Michael Jackson's passing, assembling a vast, fragmented portrait of the cultural earthquake. Equal parts elegy, musical, and excavation into the death of the King of Pop from the lens of strangers, critics and bystanders.