This is Buzz

Director Mark Pellington on site for a post-screening Q&A!

This Is Buzz is experimental and music-driven documentary, illustrating the tale of the seismically influential, yet somehow forgotten, MTV slice of life docuseries BUZZ, which only ran for 13 episodes in 1990.

The show took an experimental approach to uncovering often undiscussed corners of global life. With fast-paced edits giving the show an avant-garde feel, the series would tackle specific subjects with each entry. This dream-like almost subliminal feel pre-dated the media oversaturation we feel today as we are drawn to a constant conveyor belt of content on platforms like TikTok and Instagram which act to familiarize us with cultures around the world. And on top of it all, RuPaul was the show’s host.

“…This is Buzz stands on its own as one of the best documentaries of 2026, a movie about the late 1980s and early 1990s that’s also — without forcing the parallels — very much a movie about today that raises questions about both the past and the future of TV news.” – Jim Hemphill, IndieWire