An inside look at the ’80s country mother/daughter sensation, The Judds. The Judds are undoubtedly one of the most successful country duos we have ever seen. Signing with RCA Records in 1983, Naomi and Wynonna Judd released six records between 1984, kicking things off with their debut record, Wynonna & Naomi, and ending their career with Love Can Build a Bridge. They also were racking up the awards, with Naomi and Wynonna Judd winning five Grammy Awards and nine Country Music Association awards. They charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, including fourteen number one hits. They were unstoppable. But just because everything looks glitzy and glamorous on stage does not mean that’s the reality. Nearly three years after Naomi Judd took her life, Wynonna and her sister Ashley are ready to open up about what went on in their lives behind the spotlight on a new Lifetime documentary, The Judd Family: Truth Be Told. The two-night documentary event is set to air on Mother’s Day weekend, and based on the trailer released today, it appears there will be quite a few bombs dropped about Wynonna and Ashley’s mother. The trailer opened with Naomi asking Wynonna if she loves her and if she ever leaves her, to which Wynonna responds, “Yes and no.” The start of the documentary appears to show all of the magic that the mother and daughter shared on stage, with clips of Reba calling their work “heavenly music” and Ashley noting how proud she was of her mother and sister. “I was so proud of their success.” However, those happy moments did not distract the Judd sisters from what was happening behind the curtain. The tone of the trailer switches when Wynonna says to the camera: “It was magical on stage, but off stage…” Wynonna lets out a deep breath, foreshadowing the topics to come, which include family members who are predators and secrets that Naomi kept from the family, worried that if she told the truth, it would “break her.” At one point, Ashley says that her mother : “Had no idea what I went through as a child.” And in another portion of the trailer, Wynonna notes that: “It’s a blessing and a burden to be that close to your mother… I’ve never talked about this before.” The tense trailer ends with a video clip from a talk show where Wynonna tells the host: “They say you have to live the blues to write about ’em.” Check it out: According to a press release, reported by People, the two-part documentary explores the “complex mother-daughter dynamics and intergenerational trauma as seen through the eyes of The Judd Family.” “From Naomi’s beginnings in Kentucky as a young teen mom, then known as Dianna, struggling to survive with her young daughters, the doc illustrates how the famous country music mother-daughter duo of Naomi and Wynonna Judd came to be and where Ashley stood at the height of Naomi and Wynonna’s fame.” The documentary will also feature unreleased songs, home videos, and never-before-heard audio from the famed duo. Both Wynonna and Ashley Judd have spoken out since the death of their mother, but this documentary appears to highlight the untold Judd family secrets, unveiling what the two girls went through growing up with a mother who was suffering from mental illness. I am sure this was a very raw and vulnerable project to make, but I hope it also offered healing to both Ashley and Wynonna to share their stories in this light. The Judd Family: Truth Be Told airs on Lifetime May 10 and 11 at 8 p.m. ETThe post The Judd Sisters Open Up On Family’s Off-Stage Trauma With New Documentary, ‘The Judd Family: Truth Be Told’ first appeared on Whiskey Riff.