New York Times documentary Framing Britney Spears has been a huge talking point since its release in the United States and it will be available to Irish viewers from tomorrow.
The documentary focuses on the pop superstar's conservatorship under her father Jamie along with the media treatment she received during her rise to fame and personal struggles.
Irish viewers are eager to watch it and the documentary will be available on Sky Documentaries from tomorrow.
Viewers can also stream Framing Britney Spears on the NOW TV Entertainment Pass from 9pm on Tuesday, February 16th.
Britney Spears, 39, hasn’t been able to fully control her own life since she was 26. Now her lawyer — and her loyal fans — are trying to “Free Britney” from a court-sanctioned conservatorship. See how in our new documentary, "Framing Britney Spears." https://t.co/6MmuBEKfvY pic.twitter.com/FqrYhsFu9Z
— The New York Times (@nytimes) February 12, 2021
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Since it premiered in the US last week, there have been over one million tweets about the documentary.
“Originally we pitched it as a look back at media coverage of Britney,” director Samantha Stark said in an interview with Sky News. “A lot of it when you look at it through a 2020 lens - it was 2020 [when the documentary was made] — it's so appalling, misogynistic, surprising that, you know, late-night hosts are making fun of a teenager's breasts. Would we do that today?”
“Since she entered into this conservatorship in 2008, it's been really hard to interview her,” Ms Stark added. “What we've heard is that journalists who interview her do so under watch from her team and it's very regulated... [With] Britney, there's this cone of silence around her.”
Spears appeared to indirectly address the documentary about her life with a recent post on Instagram, sharing a video of her performing the song Toxic three years ago.
She said: “I’ll always love being on stage …. but I am taking the time to learn and be a normal person ….. I love simply enjoying the basics of every day life !!!!
“Each person has their story and their take on other people’s stories !!!! We all have so many different bright beautiful lives !!! Remember, no matter what we think we know about a person’s life it is nothing compared to the actual person living behind the lens.”
