Overview

• The film premiered June 12 at the Tribeca Festival and will begin streaming on Hulu June 23, 2025.
• Directed by Jackie Jesko and produced by Imagine Documentaries, it features archival footage and interviews with colleagues from Cynthia McFadden to Katie Couric.
• It chronicles Walters’s groundbreaking role as ABC’s first female nightly co-anchor in 1976 and the sexism and bullying she endured from peers like Harry Reasoner.
• The documentary examines her tough, sometimes invasive interview style and how blunt questioning reshaped broadcast journalism even as some segments have not aged well.
• Through candid accounts, it explores the personal toll of her relentless ambition and Walters’s deep regret over a strained relationship with her adopted daughter, Jackie.