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Astroworld movie set for release despite lawyers’ concerns

FILE - Visitors cast shadows at a memorial to the victims of the Astroworld concert in Houston on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021. The experiences of concertgoers as panic gripped them when they couldn't breathe and had no path to escape a massive crowd surge at last year's deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston, are featured in a new documentary set for release Friday, April 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted, File)

FILE - Two people who knew an unidentified victim of a fatal incident at the Houston Astroworld concert embrace at a memorial on Nov. 7, 2021. The experiences of panicked concertgoers who couldn’t breathe and had no clear path to escape a massive crowd surge at last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston are featured in a documentary set for release Friday, April 29, 2022. Charlie Minn, the film’s director, said he believes he has made a balanced and fair film that tries to show the public what happened. (AP Photo/Robert Bumsted, File)

FILE - Travis Scott performs at the Astroworld Music Festival in Houston, Nov. 5, 2021. The experiences of panicked concertgoers who couldn’t breathe and had no clear path to escape a massive crowd surge at last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston are featured in a documentary set for release Friday, April 29, 2022. But lawyers for Live Nation, which is being sued for its role as the festival’s promoter, say they’re concerned that publicity from the documentary, “Concert Crush: The Travis Scott Festival Tragedy,” could “taint the jury pool.” (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Astroworld movie set for release despite lawyers’ concerns