Overview

• Released on June 17, the 45-minute episode is part of Netflix’s Trainwreck series and traces Rob Ford’s rise, scandals and sway over Toronto from 2010 to 2014.
• The Guardian’s Rebecca Nicholson hailed the documentary as “jaw-dropping,” and viewers have flocked to social media to praise its gripping narrative.
• The film combines archival footage, journalist analysis and interviews with insiders including former driver and security aide Jerry Agyemang to reveal internal tensions of Ford’s administration.
• It examines the 2013 crack cocaine video controversy, Ford’s persistent denials, his 2014 cancer diagnosis and the events leading up to his death in 2016.
• Doug Ford has branded the episode “disgusting,” arguing it unfairly prolongs scrutiny of his brother’s life years after his passing.