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Paula Deen is the subject of a new documentary, Canceled: The Paula Deen Story , which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 6

“I'm looking for the truth," Deen tells PEOPLE of her reason for appearing in the film

The new documentary gives Deen's side of the scandal that shattered her multimillion-dollar empire after she admitted to using a racial slur in a sworn deposition

Paula Deen is addressing why she decided to share her story in a new documentary, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

“I'm looking for the truth," Deen, 78, said at the PEOPLE/EW and Shutterstock studio. “The truth, if you watch the film, you will find it out.”

Canceled: The Paula Deen Story , which debuted Sept. 6, comes more than a decade after t

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