Tegan and Sara’s documentary about catfishing has been given a launch date. (Provided)
Tegan and Sara’s documentary a few “sinister” long-running catfishing ordeal has been given a launch date.
Queer pop duo Tegan and Sara’s documentary “Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara,” has been given the launch date of 18 October on US streaming service Hulu.
The documentary, which explores the darkish facet of fandom, will concentrate on the long-running catfishing scheme that has impacted followers of the twins for greater than 15 years.
Its subject material stems from when Tegan was hacked in 2011, with the wrongdoer exposing her private recordsdata and stealing her identification. The preliminary hack led the individual to start a catfishing scheme in a bid to defraud the band’s followers.
The documentary function has been described as “a thriller, a caper, a whodunnit and an intimate private journey rolled into one,” which cuts to the center of affection and betrayal, fame and fandom, need and delusion within the twenty first century”.
A synopsis reads: “Tegan enlists documentary filmmaker and investigator Erin Lee Carr (Britney vs. Spears) to seek out the individual stalking her and terrorising her followers and neighborhood for over 15 years.
“Interwoven with the investigation Tegan’s workforce initially performed in 2011 they uncover new victims and potential suspects and reveal sinister and unexpected twists. Instructed by means of Tegan’s personal voice, the voices of deceived followers, a trove of visceral communications between faux Tegan and their victims and the visible historical past of the band’s behind-the-scenes archive…”
The documentary’s launch follows the pair turning their memoir “Excessive College” into an Amazon Freevee sequence from Clea DuVall.
Collectively Tegan and Sara have launched 10 albums, with their most up-to-date album, “Crybaby”, being launched in 2022.