Documentaries often make us look at difficult facts in a way that provokes further conversation, action or interrogation. But then there is “Tell Me Who I Am,” which gradually unmasks a disturbing truth so resolutely and unnervingly that it requires no further dialogue, just recovery for both the audience and its central protagonist.
Drawing from a startling real life story, director Ed Perkins plants audiences inside a film where mounting mystery climaxes to unsettling concern as we watch an amnesiac grapple with the horrifying reality that is his life.
And it all starts with deceit. Through voiceover and in-person interviews, Perkins begins to unravel 55-year-old Alex Lewis’ shadowy past to the point where he can recall it in his own words — at age 18, as he’s waking up from a coma following a tragic motorcycle accident that resulted in him losing his memory. As traumatic as the event was, Alex...
Drawing from a startling real life story, director Ed Perkins plants audiences inside a film where mounting mystery climaxes to unsettling concern as we watch an amnesiac grapple with the horrifying reality that is his life.
And it all starts with deceit. Through voiceover and in-person interviews, Perkins begins to unravel 55-year-old Alex Lewis’ shadowy past to the point where he can recall it in his own words — at age 18, as he’s waking up from a coma following a tragic motorcycle accident that resulted in him losing his memory. As traumatic as the event was, Alex...
- 10/16/2019
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
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