The Archive Tapes: Michael Jackson
In 2015, 23-year-old Tara Reyes is just an overworked intern at the New York Restoration Society - until one late night in the archives changes everything.
Hidden among a collection marked for restoration, Tara discovers dozens of private video diaries recorded by Michael Jackson himself, spanning from 1975 to the months before his death in 2009. But these tapes were never meant for the world to see.
Far from the rehearsed smiles and public spectacle, the recordings reveal a different Michael entirely: funny, lonely, brilliant, frightened, angry. He speaks openly about the pressures of fame, the abuse he endured under his father, the people who exploited him, and the dangerous secrets surrounding the powerful figures he encountered - including ties that reach disturbingly close to Jeffrey Epstein.
As Tara becomes consumed by the tapes, she realizes she isn't just uncovering the hidden life of the world's biggest star - she's uncovering the truth he was terrified would die with him.