Director Ryan White opens up about Pamela, a love story

• The Pamela, a Love Story trailer has been released.
• The 2-minute trailer opens with Anderson.
• “Pamela, a Love Story” follows the arc of Pamela Anderson’s life and career.

PEOPLE has given an exclusive first look at the official trailer for the upcoming Netflix documentary about Pamela Anderson’s spectacular life and career.

The 2-minute trailer opens with Anderson, now 55, addressing the uproar over her leaked sex tape with ex-husband Tommy Lee and declaring of her image, “I want to take control of the narrative for the first time.” It is set to a slowed-down, eerie rendition of the Cardigans’ 1996 hit “Lovefool.”

“I had to make a career out of the pieces left, but I’m not the damsel in distress,” the actress and model says later, adding with a laugh, “I put myself in crazy situations … and survived them.”

Speaking with PEOPLE, the documentary’s director Ryan White (The Keepers) says of Anderson, “She’s telling her story in her own words, finally, but she also doesn’t know which archival videos and personal diaries will be used in the final film.”

“She gave us carte blanche to use the archival [footage for] how we thought best told the story,” adds White. “It’s a sign of how authentically Pamela has lived her life. She owns every part of her life — the good, the bad and the ugly. It’s an incredibly vulnerable but brave way to live.”

According to the official logline, “Pamela, a Love Story” “follows the arc of Pamela Anderson’s life and career from small town girl to international sex symbol, actress, activist and doting mother.”

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