Director Brett Morgan released the documentary "Cobain: Montage of Heck" in 2015 with the help of Frances Bean Cobain as executive producer. Courtney Love initially approached him to make the documentary in 2007, but aside from raising the idea and appearing in the film through talking heads and old footage, that was the extent of her involvement. As Morgan told The Hollywood Reporter in 2014, "She gave me the keys to this kingdom and final cut of the film ... At a certain point, I started working more closely with [Frances Bean]. We [all] agreed that because Courtney was a subject in the film, it would be best if she wasn't given editorial control."

A few days before the documentary was released, Frances Bean and Love watched it on a sofa in a private screening room. Speaking with the Rolling Stone that same year, Frances Bean recounted the screening as, "really intense. We were kind of spooning on this big couch. And we were both crying." She said during a particular scene, "My mother held me, cried on me and just said, 'I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry.' Just kept saying it over and over. But then she said, 'Do you realize how much your father loved you?' And I said, 'Yeah, I do.'" Love later Tweeted about the film, saying, "So sad yet so uplifting, beautiful and gorgeous. Your daddy would be so proud of you baby."