Like many Americans in the early aughts, documentary filmmaker David Osit watched “To Catch a Predator,” a hidden camera reality TV show that followed journalist Chris Hansen working in coordination with law enforcement while conducting sting operations that exposed adult men who were hoping to have sex with minors.

Director David Osit interviews host Chris Hansen and several of the predator-luring decoys as he questions whether the reality show did the right thing in the wrong ways.

Sundance: David Osit's harrowing documentary re-examines the appeal of the show that precipitated a media landscape built around social humiliation.