I’ve personally thought about how I think teenagers should wear whatever they want and express their sexuality and personality and identity however they want. “I think we’re all just trying to feel good about ourselves within the framework we’ve been given. “I also think that right now in the age of social media, there are really thorny issues and questions that don’t have any easy answers,” Wilson added. If I could create a dinner table like hers, where my kid is able to speak freely and feel supported, having a family dynamic where people can push back against each other and disagree and debate but also understand and be willing to learn and challenge and grow in the way you see Brooke and her whole family in that final scene of the documentary, I think that would be incredible. “I found it incredibly extra personal and really inspiring looking at Brooke’s life, her relationship with her mom and her relationship with her daughters today. “I actually became a mother while making this,” she said.

While on this journey with Shields, Wilson was impacted by her documentary subject’s story, which taught her a lot about the type of mom she wanted to be. And all the while, I’ve been most motivated and attached only really to my actual talent and how I keep growing and being creative and sort of see it all - it made me very proud.” I’ve been so used to being just famous or pretty or infamous or controversial or all of these things. For the first time ever seeing my whole life all the way through, which I’d never done before, was the first time two things happened: I absolutely marveled at the strength that was always there in this little girl that somehow was stubborn enough to keep going and keep fighting for what she knew she needed in our life and in different ways, and I’m so proud of my body of work. “There were parts of it that were cathartic. “It was everything it was definitely very emotional,” she reflected. But even with the right people on her team, the journey was emotional for the Suddenly Susan actress. Shields knew she was in the right hands with Wilson, already having been a fan of her body of work. RELATED: Contenders Docs + Unscripted Deadline’s Complete Coverage So it was very important and very special for me to be able to say, ‘OK, you’ve all said what you had to say, now let me tell you the truth.’” “They wanted the narrative to be what they wanted to project onto it. “It was the right time, and it also felt very good to finally - you know, nobody really ever asked me my opinion and nobody was really interested in it,” Shields said during a panel for the film at Deadline’s Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted virtual event. Now, Shields is ready to tell her story in her own words. Contenders Television: Documentary + Unscripted Kicks Off Today 22 Top Nonfiction Programs In Awards-Season Spotlight

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