--- description: Filmmaker Michael Moore will debut a surprise documentary about Republican nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday night in New York City title: Michael Moore Is Releasing a Surprise Documentary About Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7822e071c20dd66/6988aa81656a3f57a6bcd806/donald-trump-documentary.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2016 Election](/tag/2016-election/) ## 2016 Election Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Michael Moore Is Releasing a Surprise Documentary About Donald Trump  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 18, 2016 7:39 PM CUT  Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore attends the 20th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 16, 2016 in New York City. Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore attends the 20th Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 16, 2016 in New York City.Gary Gershoff/WireImage  by [Katie Reilly](/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 18, 2016 7:39 PM CUT Filmmaker [Michael Moore](http://time.com/4472307/michael-moore-donald-trump-played/ "undefined") will debut a surprise documentary about Republican nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday night in New York City, weeks away from the presidential election. The documentary, titled _Michael Moore in TrumpLand_, will be [screened at New York City’s IFC Center](http://www.ifccenter.com/films/michael-moore-in-trumpland/ "undefined") for free on Tuesday—an event that Moore has called his own “October surprise.” “See the film Ohio Republicans tried to shut down,” the documentary’s description says. “Oscar-winner Michael Moore dives right into hostile territory with his daring and hilarious one-man show, deep in the heart of TrumpLand in the weeks before the 2016 election.” Moore, a [vocal critic](http://time.com/4416914/michael-moore-donald-trump/ "undefined") of Trump, had recently [teased](https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/787769306528440321 "undefined") on [social media](https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/788189609834475520 "undefined") that he was working on a special pre-election project. > [](https://twitter.com/MMFlint/status/788192843206713345) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4535668/michael-moore-donald-trump-documentary/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4535668/michael-moore-donald-trump-documentary/"},"headline":"Michael Moore Is Releasing a Surprise Documentary About Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-10-18T19:39:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T01:16:05.263Z","description":"It's titled Michael Moore in TrumpLand","url":"https://time.com/4535668/michael-moore-donald-trump-documentary/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","film","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7822e071c20dd66/6988aa81656a3f57a6bcd806/donald-trump-documentary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte7822e071c20dd66/6988aa81656a3f57a6bcd806/donald-trump-documentary.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"20th Annual Webby Awards","caption":"20th Annual Webby Awards","creditText":"Gary Gershoff/WireImage","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4535668/michael-moore-donald-trump-documentary/","name":"Michael Moore Is Releasing a Surprise Documentary About Donald Trump"}}]}] ```