How It Feels To Watch a Better Version of Your Documentary
It’s ummmmmm not great :)
I received an email the other day from my former documentary professor. She reached out after discovering her friend produced the FX documentary “Framing Britney Spears.” The documentary revisits everything that led to the pop star’s conservatorship and examines how we failed her as a society. “Of course I thought of you!” my former professor kindly added.
For my senior thesis, I directed and produced the documentary Leave Britney Alone: A Woman “Created” for Our Consumption. I came up with the idea after reading about Spears’ conservatorship during the fall of 2017. According to Dictionary.com, a conservatorship is “an agreement or order under which one person or entity controls the personal and financial affairs of another, such as a minor or someone who is considered legally incapable of managing their own affairs.” I found it incredibly odd that no one had discussed the star’s precarious situation since it became permanent in 2008. As a multi-millionaire, Spears has no control over her finances or everyday decisions.
