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‘The Judd Family: Truth Be Told’ Director Says Tackling Naomi’s Death Was ‘Incredibly Challenging’
The Judd Family: Truth Be Told docuseries director Alexandra Dean exclusively tells Closer how tackling Naomi Judd's death was 'incredibly challenging.'
Her sister, Wynonna Judd, and her stepfather, Larry Strickland, had authorized her to share that Naomi, who was 76, had struggled with severe mental illness, which led her to take her own life the day before being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. There are so many hilarious, painful, eye-opening stories that people won’t have heard before.” The documentary, which airs on May 10 and 11, features newly unearthed recordings of Wynonna and Naomi prior to their rise to fame in the 1980s. “We don’t have to be congruent in order to have compassion for each other, and I think that that’s a really important grace that family members can hopefully learn to give each other.” (Both women remain close with their “Pop,” Larry, who wed Naomi in 1989.)
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