New Barbara Walters Documentary Revisits Her Brutal Interviews

Bar­bara Wal­ters didn’t just ask ques­tions; she asked the kind that made peo­ple shift in their seats. Whether it was a pres­i­dent, a pop star, or a scan­dal-rid­den celebri­ty, she made sure they didn’t leave with­out say­ing some­thing real. Now, near­ly three years after her pass­ing, the world is tak­ing anoth­er look at the woman who changed the rules of jour­nal­ism.

A new doc­u­men­tary, Bar­bara Wal­ters: Tell Me Every­thing, is set to pre­miere at the Tribeca Film Fes­ti­val on June 12 before stream­ing on Hulu from June 23. With raw footage, behind-the-scenes clips, and inter­views with those who knew her best, the film offers a close look at Wal­ters’ career.

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Bar­bara Wal­ters asked what oth­ers wouldn’t dare

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With Bil­lie Eilish’s “Bad Guy” play­ing, the trail­er shows Wal­ters doing what she did best: going beyond the sur­face to find the real sto­ry. It jumps from her sharp response to the Menen­dez broth­ers to her now-famous line to the Kar­dashi­ans: “You don’t have any tal­ent.” Moments lat­er, she’s ask­ing Tay­lor Swift how she plans “to find any­body” when it comes to love.

She asked the ques­tion that nobody else had asked,” Oprah Win­frey says in the trail­er, wip­ing away tears. Cyn­thia McFad­den adds, “No one ever got out total­ly unscathed.” Bette Midler calls her “fear­less,” while Katie Couric says she “could talk to any­one. About any­thing.” View­ers also see unaired clips and bold moments that made headlines—from ask­ing Court­ney Love if she used drugs in front of her chil­dren to con­fronting Don­ald Trump about humil­i­ty. Andy Cohen also talks about how Wal­ters would lull her guests into com­fort before throw­ing “a hard­ball out of nowhere.”

Barbara Walters’ story returns to the screen two and a half years after her death

Bar­bara Wal­ters: Tell Me Every­thing doesn’t just high­light her bold ques­tions, it also reveals the woman behind the lega­cy. Wal­ters once said, “I was nev­er beau­ti­ful… nobody ever put me on tele­vi­sion because I was glam­orous.” But her strength came from some­where deep­er. She worked hard­er, lis­tened close­ly, and proved her worth in a space that often doubt­ed her.

Bar­bara Wal­ters inter­view­ing Pres­i­dent Jim­my Carter in the White House Green Room on Dec. 28 1977.. For Edi­to­r­i­al Use Only

Two and a half years after her death, Bar­bara Wal­ters still chal­lenges and inspires. Her sto­ry returns to the screen on June 23, when Bar­bara Wal­ters: Tell Me Every­thing begins stream­ing on Hulu, fol­low­ing its world pre­miere at the Tribeca Film Fes­ti­val on June 12.