Almost a year and a half after the resolution of the media case that kept Britney Spears fans around the world in suspense, comes another documentary miniseries that chronicles the controversial judicial process that the pop star had to face with his familyfrom two points of view.
HBO Max will premiere on Tuesday, January 10 Jamie vs. Britney: Family Trialsthe documentary of two episodes that tell and contextualize the story that shocked the world of entertainment, through the eyes of the two protagonists of the case: Britney and her fatherJamie Spears.
the docuseries details Spears’ guardianship casegoing back to the events that have taken place since February 2007, when the American singer became famous for having shaved off her hair.
The controversial attitude has spawned a profound discussion about Spears’ mental healthgaining even more media coverage following the artist’s admission to a rehabilitation clinic.
At the time, her father, Jamie Spears, filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court seeking temporary emergency guardianship and he and attorney Andrew Wallet won the right to control business, property and personal life Of the singer.
The guardianship would become definitive in the same year and would remain undisputed for the following years, even in the face of sensitive statements by Britney Spears and fans’ suspicions about the singer’s health.
A long tutelage and the #Free Britney
It took 13 years of guardianship so much so that the pressure from the fans, creators of the “Free Britney” movement, and various attempts at renegotiation by the singer, lead the US justice system to review the agreement.
In a long and highly exposed media trial, in September 2021, Britney Spears’ father Jamie requested his removal as the singer’s guardian, resulting in the end of guardianship in November of that year.
Through testimonials from music industry executives, professionals who have worked with the singer, members of the “Free Britney” movement, archival footage and accounts, the production chronicles the shocking story and family drama involving the famed Spears family.
From two points of view, the series questions whether the controversial guardianship was an act of love by Jamie to save his daughter mentally unstable or a ruthless plan to enslave Britney to keep her property.
The other documentaries on the case
This is the latest in a series of documentaries tackling Britney’s complicated relationship with her father, due to the guardianship he’s exercised for years. One of those that generated the most noise was Britney versus spears which debuted on Netflix in 2021 and which has received a lot of criticism, not only from the singer.
British newspaper Keeper he described it as a “pretty silly, low-quality and deeply uncomfortable” film.
Almost simultaneously with the release of Netflix Check Britney Spears -through FX and Hulu in the US-, which Britney herself discredited at the time by saying “a lot of what they’ve heard isn’t true”.
It was launched in February of the same year Frame Britney Spearsproduct from the franchise The New York Times presents.
“I haven’t seen the entire documentary, but from what I’ve been able to see, I was ashamed of the place where they had put me. I cried for two weeks and still cry sometimesBritney said about that documentary.
Source: Clarin
