Caitlin Cassidy
Education reporter for The Guardian who wrote and read this week's Sunday Read about the Melania documentary, providing on-the-ground reporting and critique.
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Feb 7, 2026 • 7min
The Sunday read: 'I endured the Melania film so you don’t have to'
Caitlin Cassidy, an education reporter for The Guardian, sat through the much-maligned Melania documentary and reports back. She describes an almost-empty screening, confusions around ticketing and embargoes, and questions who the film was made for. She critiques the film’s pacing, staged White House moments, awkward interactions with Trump, and its parade of fashion and inauguration scenes.
