Jian Ghomeshi hosted Q, one of CBC Radio's most popular shows, until 2014, when multiple women accused him of sexual assault and the network fired him within days. The fifth estate reconstructs the eight-day trial that followed using court transcripts, staging dramatic recreations of the testimony rather than relying on courtroom cameras that were never allowed inside. Three complainants took the stand, and the film tracks how their credibility became the actual subject of the proceedings: the judge concluded their evidence was undermined by inconsistencies and, in his word, deception, and acquitted Ghomeshi on all counts. Interviews and reenactment sit alongside each other to show what cross-examination actually did to each woman's account, without softening the outcome or the controversy it produced. The film keeps its focus narrow, on the mechanics of one trial rather than the broader public fallout, and lets the transcript-based scenes carry the weight of what was said inside a courtroom most Canadians only read about afterward.