Hulu announced Tuesday it will release Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara, a new documentary investigating the 2011 file hacking of musical duo Tegan and Sara. The feature will hit the streamer in October.
“Tegan and Sara ascended to global fame as one of the most influential queer indie rock bands of their generation,” a release reads. The Canadian duo “worked hard to cultivate an inclusive and passionate fanbase around the world,” with many fans turning to the band’s community as “the only safe space to come out and be queer during a time when few bands would declare allyship, let alone celebrate their own queer identity.”
In 2011, Tegan’s personal files were hacked, and her identity was stolen in what became a complex catfishing scheme.
“The film is an examination of the severe ripple effect of mistrust, anxiety, and self-doubt that resulted from Fegan’s (Fake Tegan) actions,” the release continues. “Told through Tegan’s own voice, the voices of deceived fans, a trove of visceral communications between fake Tegan and their victims, and the visual history of the band’s behind-the-scenes archive, this documentary feature is a thriller, a caper, a whodunnit and an intimate personal journey rolled into one.”
Fanatical is led by documentary filmmaker and investigator Erin Lee Carr, who also led 2021’s Britney vs. Spears. The doc is produced by Elyssa Hess and Jenny Eliscu and exec produced by Tegan and Sara, Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin and Kate Barry for A Story Syndicate production.
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara will release on Hulu on Oct. 18.
