Magnolia Pictures has acquired North American rights to Good Ol’ Freda, a documentary about the Beatles’ lifelong secretary Freda Kelly.
Directed by Ryan White (Pelada) and produced by Kathy McCabe, White and Jessica Lawson, the doc made its U.S. premiere last month at the SXSW Film Festival. Kelly was just a shy Liverpudlian teenager when she was asked to work for a local band hoping to make it big. As the Beatles' devoted secretary and friend, Freda was there as history unfolded, witnessing the evolution.