‘Framing Britney Spears’ lands 2021 Emmy nominations as conservatorship case looms

“Framing Britney Spears” — the buzzy documentary examining the #FreeBritney movement and the pop star’s turbulent rise to fame — has landed two Emmy nominations amid the singer’s ongoing fight to terminate her conservatorship.

A day before the next court hearing in Spears’ conservatorship case, the provocative film received nominations Tuesday for documentary special and picture editing for a nonfiction program. “Framing Britney Spears” premiered in February as part of FX’s “New York Times Presents” series.

The “Framing Britney” installment was submitted for Emmy consideration as a documentary special in lieu of “The New York Times Presents” per TV academy rules, which state that a single project cannot be entered in both the documentary series and documentary special categories.

In the documentary special category, “Framing Britney Spears” is up against “Boys State,” “The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart,” “The Social Dilemma” and “Tina.”

The water cooler episode, now available to stream on Hulu, exposed the myriad toxic and sexist ways the media descended on the young Spears as a rising superstar.

It also delved into the mounting controversy surrounding the “… Baby One More Time” hitmaker’s conservatorship, which has significantly limited Spears’ autonomy for the last 13 years.

Months after “Framing Britney Spears” debuted, Spears made an emotional plea to a Los Angeles court demanding an end to the legal arrangement, which she condemned as “abusive.”

During a 24-minute speech, she accused her conservators, including her father, of forcing her to work nonstop, take medication that left her incapacitated and use an intrauterine contraceptive device to prevent her from having children.

“I’ve lied and told the whole world I’m OK and I’m happy,” Spears told a judge last month.