Muse Entertainment Unveils ‘Doula: A True Crime’ Trailer As Boat Rocker Studios Boards CBC Doc — SkimNews
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- Muse Entertainment released the trailer for "Doula: A True Crime," a three-part documentary from Walrus and the Whistleblower director Nathalie Bibeau, set to premiere on CBC on October 7 at 8am ET.
- Boat Rocker Studios acquired international distribution rights and will launch the series at MIPCOM Cannes next month, with SVP Mellany Welsh calling it "a story they won't find anywhere else."
- Kaitlyn Braun, then 24, contacted more than 40 doulas between June 2022 and February 2023 claiming she was sexually assaulted and carrying a stillborn child, prompting 40-plus pro bono hours of care before the pattern surfaced; she now faces 53 criminal charges.
- Targeted doulas mounted a grassroots TikTok counter-campaign that went viral and helped alert authorities after piecing together the nine-month deception across multiple victims.
- Bibeau conducted multiple extended interviews with Braun — the first she has given — and framed the project as an attempt to move "beyond the sensationalist reporting," saying "Kaitlyn's deception played on empathy, and the harm it caused was real."
- CBC and BBC previously launched a podcast titled "Kaitlyn's Baby" last year, making the documentary a follow-up extension of the broadcaster's coverage of the case.
Why it matters: Boat Rocker taking the series to MIPCOM gives international buyers access to a true-crime property with a built-in podcast predecessor (CBC/BBC's "Kaitlyn's Baby") and an unprecedented sit-down with Braun, positioning the doc as a cross-format franchise play for the global unscripted market.
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