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Disney+ Orders Duffy Documentary With First On-Camera Account of Her Kidnapping

The feature-length Hulu Original promises unprecedented access to the Welsh singer’s testimony with production set to start soon.

Overview

  • Duffy, whose film was announced Wednesday at Series Mania by Disney+ executive Angela Jain, will recount her 2020-disclosed abduction and sexual assault on camera for the first time.
  • The documentary will trace her life from her upbringing in Wales to her 2008 Rockferry breakthrough and her retreat from public view after 2010.
  • The film is a Hulu Original for Disney+, produced by Rare TV with Stellify Media and directed by Gill Callan, with Fernando De Jesus and Matthew Worthy as executive producers.
  • Disney+ says it secured new, unprecedented access to Duffy, along with archival footage and interviews with family, friends, and peers from the music industry.
  • Disney+ has not announced a title or release date, and the commission launches a push for impactful, female-led stories in collaboration with Northern Ireland Screen.