Tell Them You Love Me rose from the film festival circuit and contained acclaim from Sky in the UK, launching to international notoriety when it was added to Netflix on June 14. The documentary film dominated the streaming service for nearly two weeks, and became the subject of countless water cooler conversations, to the extent that they still exist in our culture. The film by Nick August-Perna focuses on the controversial case of Anna Stubblefield, a Rutgers professor specializing in disability and facilitated communication, and who her court once considered to be her victim, Derrick Johnson, a disabled non-verbal man with whom she began an affair.
The great documentarian and interviewer Louis Theroux discusses Tell Them You Love Me, produced by his Mindhouse company. Read More