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Netflix Releases Trailer for 'Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart' Documentary

Smart presents a first-person account supported by family interviews, investigator perspectives, plus archival footage.

Overview

  • The 91-minute film premieres on Netflix on January 21, 2026, with the first trailer now available.
  • Elizabeth Smart says the project lets her reclaim her story after years of limited courtroom testimony.
  • The documentary features interviews with relatives and investigators, along with archival and previously unseen material.
  • Brian David Mitchell is serving a life sentence, while Wanda Barzee was released in 2018 and was arrested in May for violating sex-offender restrictions by visiting two parks.
  • Online reactions to the trailer describe the case as distressing, with many viewers recalling the intense media coverage of Smart's 2002 abduction.