U.K.’s Channel 4, Australia’s SBS Buy Keshet International’s True Crime Documentary Series ‘My Name is Reeva’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Keshet International has scored a pair of high profile deals on its true crime documentary series, “My Name is Reeva: I Was Murdered by Oscar Pistorius.” Directed by Warren Batchelor (“204: Getting Away With Murder”), the three-part docu series tells the intimate story of Reeva Steenkamp who was allegedly murdered by her then-boyfriend Oscar Pistorius on Valentine’s Day in 2013. “My Name is Reeva” has been sold by Keshet International to Channel 4 in the U.K.
and SBS in Australia. Channel 4 has licensed the linear and SVOD rights for its streaming service All 4, while SBS has picked up broadcast and streaming rights and will premiere it on April 17.
Discussions are ongoing with other potential broadcast partners. The title’s launch marks the 10th anniversary of Reeva Steenkamp’s death and Oscar Pistorius’ return to court to request early parole. “’My Name is Reeva’ is a sensitively told three-part series produced by an international team of talented creatives,” said Kelly Wright, Keshet International’s managing director of distribution. “We are pleased to have enabled this important docuseries to find a home with Channel 4 in the U.K.
and SBS in Australia, where I’m sure audiences will be as moved as I was to see the impact of the victim-offender dialogue on Reeva’s ageing parents and their on-going quest for justice,” Wright continued.
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