This is a look at dancer choreographer educator Jenn Freeman soon after she is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. We watch as she explores how this changes her life and prepares a show based on the diagnosis.
This is most decidedly not a dance film. While the film is focused on a dancer, the film instead is a look at Freeman’s battle to deal with her autism. It’s a film that wants to put us into her head space and make us experience the world as she sees it. The film is a lot of talk and discussion and sequences that make us experience her life.
Give this film points for not following a prescribed path, but take some away for not quite sticking the landing. The problem here is this film is incredibly personal. It’s a film that is so hyper focused that it’s hard to fully connect to the story we are being told. This is Freeman’s story being told in her way and it doesn’t really get out of the tunnel. Yes this is a great exploration of her story, but if you can’t stay with the hyper focus you are going to lose interest. I was good for a while , but there was a point where I began to lose interest and I stepped away for a bit.
The film isn’t bad but it feels too much like navel gazing and it isn't our navel.
A miss
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