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Controlling Britney Spears

7.620211h 10mRMovieDocumentary

Britney Spears has said that her conservatorship had become “an oppressive and controlling tool against her”. This New York Times investigation reveals much of how it worked, including an intense surveillance apparatus that monitored every move she made.

DirectorSamantha Stark

ProducersSam Dolnick·Jason Stallman

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Hulu

Availability shown for United States · rights vary by country

Cast · Directed by Samantha Stark

Felicia Culotta

Felicia Culotta

Britney Spears

Self (archive footage)

Self (archive Footage)

David Letterman

David Letterman

Self (archive Audio)

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Is Controlling Britney Spears based on a true story?

Yes — Controlling Britney Spears is based on true events, dramatising real people and events (some details may be fictionalised for the screen).