I think they made a book and a movie about it too in the 80ies called "the wave".
We watched it in high school as a reminder how easy it is to be manipulated and how quickly things that appear to be well intended on the surface can, actually end up being the opposite. I strongly recommend the movie and the book! I have never seen the documentary that you are referring to though.
Anyway, a very god post, Diogenes.
One of the stories about Bin Laden that has come out is that he was infatuated with Whitney Houston to the point he wanted to kill Bobby Brown and abduct her to Kartoum with him.