Overview
- Over the weekend Shirin David publicly said the March Netflix film misrepresents her by constructing “the suffering story of a supposedly overwhelmed woman.”
- She told followers she had surrendered cutting rights to Netflix as part of a journalistic agreement and said the director and Netflix marketing decided the final edit while she praised the on-set production team.
- David said she offered to buy back the finished film and reimburse costs to stop its release but Netflix declined, and the company has said its talent documentaries reflect the access artists grant to productions.
- The documentary, released in March 2026, follows her preparations for an arena tour and highlights perfectionism and family scenes in Kaunas that David says were outweighed in the final cut by moments of distress.
- Her complaints have intensified a wider debate about editorial control, consent and how successful women are framed in media, and there is no public sign Netflix will remove or re-edit the film.