Muse Unveils 'Doula: A True Crime' Trailer; Boat Rocker Boards — SkimNews
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- Muse Entertainment unveiled the trailer for Doula: A True Crime, a three-part Canadian doc premiering October 7 on CBC, directed by Nathalie Bibeau (The Walrus and the Whistleblower)
- Boat Rocker Studios acquired international distribution rights to the series and will launch it at MIPCOM Cannes next month, per the company
- Kaitlyn Braun, then 24, contacted more than 40 doulas between June 2022 and February 2023 with a fabricated story of sexual assault and a stillborn pregnancy, and was later hit with 53 criminal charges
- Bibeau secured the first interview with Braun, who agreed to extensive conversations offering insight into her actions and motivations, with the director saying 'the deeper I went, the less the story yielded to easy conclusions'
- Affected doulas provided pro bono phone calls, video calls, and round-the-clock in-person care before piecing together the nine-month pattern and launching a viral TikTok counter-offensive to alert authorities
- A CBC and BBC podcast titled Kaitlyn's Baby covering the same case launched last year, with Muse execs Jonas Prupas and Courtney Dobbins producing alongside CBC's Michelle McCree
Why it matters: Boat Rocker's MIPCOM launch gives international buyers first access to a true-crime doc built around Braun's first-ever interview, a rare interview-driven angle that separates it from the existing *Kaitlyn's Baby* podcast. For CBC, the Bibeau-directed series leans on years of access to resist 'sensationalist' framings — positioning it as a character study rather than a recap of the 53 charges Braun already faces.
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