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Disney+ Orders Duffy Documentary With Unprecedented Access

The film presents her first full on-camera account after years of silence.

Overview

  • Disney+ announced the feature-length documentary Wednesday at Series Mania in a keynote by EMEA content chief Angela Jain.
  • The retrospective will trace Duffy’s life from her childhood in Wales to her rise to global fame and her withdrawal from public view after a violent assault.
  • Production is set to begin soon with Rare TV and Stellify Media producing, Fernando De Jesus and Matthew Worthy as executive producers, and Gill Callan directing.
  • Jain said Duffy has entrusted the team with her story and pledged to handle the film with great care and sensitivity.
  • Duffy disclosed in 2020 that she was drugged, kidnapped, taken to another country, and sexually assaulted over weeks, which she said explained her retreat after the late-2000s success of Rockferry and Mercy.